This one is also credited to Ed Schroeder so I guess he had something to do with it. But DonO must have been the inspiration in some way.
And this is another "variation" in that most of what I've seen have used mylar or another sparkle material for the wing case.
Kev
From: "KEITH PASSANT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Carrot nymph recipe Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:41:05 -0000
Guys we seem to be MISSING SOMETHING>>>>>>>
VFB SWAPS PAGE: OrangeFly Swap The late great loveley Linda Foote tied:::: Ye Carrot nymph http://www.virtualflybox.com/patterns/pattern.php?swap_id=32&id=314
A resource we could check first when looking for patterns mebe?? Only 1177 listed at present but .......
KP IOFF Scribe Of Ye Gobbledegook
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Marriner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Carrot nymph recipe
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 http://www.galesendpress.com -- Paul Marriner Outdoor Writing & Photography. Owner: Gale's End Press. Member: OWAA & OWC. Author of Stillwater Fly Fishing: Tools & Tactics, How to Choose & Use Fly-tying Thread, Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal, Ausable River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon.
