I'm no expert -- but I've had lots of success with a Carey tied with olive or brown seal fur, fibres from a pheasant breast feather for the tail -- fine gold wire ribbing and a collar of pheasant breast feather.
I think rainbows in stillwater take it for a dragonfly nymph or a leech. Its a killer fly. For seasonal colors you could probably try red or green for Christmas -- tied with lite brite or tinsel bodies -- for Valentines day the fish would probably appreciate a nice pink color -- and for Easter a nice yellow-bodied Carey would be appropriate. Ken MacGillivray Coquitlam BC ----- Original Message ----- From: "jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:31 AM Subject: [VFB] carey special > Any experts on the carey special? > > Does it emulate a bug or just a made up fly? > > Many recipes call for the pheasant back feather fibers for the tail, has > any one experimented with pheasant marabou for the tail and had good results? > > I also see patterns for peacock, brown, and olive. I'm starting with the > peacock and am curious about the results of brown and olive. Are there > seasonal colors? > > Thanks, > Jerry Sorensen > Laramie WY >
