I would be somewhat surprised if the word "nymph" appeared in a UK fly
name prior to the 1920's. Skues says that while some wet-fly patterns
resembled nymphs, he referred to none actually called so.
I checked a half-dozen UK references and found no reference to "carrot"
in any context.
Helleckson says that the Carrot Nymph was created by a BC native for
fishing in lakes.
There is a Reuben Cross nymph, circa 1936, called the Carrot and Black.
While digging into the Cross reference I rediscovered a list of patterns
popular in 1884 (US). One of those being the Queen of the Water, a
pattern that was recommended to me the other day for sea-run brook
trout; guess the trout's tastes haven't changed in the past 120 years.
BTW, does this cement my place as an IOFF charter member?
Cheers,
Paul
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Fly-tying Thread, Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal,
Ausable River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon.
