Solano Fly Fishers
 
Carey Special 
 
   
     
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Hook:
Thread:
Tail:
Rib:
Body:

Hackle: 
Tiemco 200R, or Mustad 9672, sizes 8-14
Black
Pheasant Tail
Copper Wire
Olive chenile or peacock herl
Pheasant tail 
 
Uses

A traditional northwest lake pattern, the Carey Special still finds employment, especially in the lakes of British Columbia. It could represent a dragonfly nymph. I recently talked with Dave Hughes and Rick Hafele about stillwater caddis, and they think that trout often take the Carey Special for one of the large lake-dwelling caddis that are common in British Columbia and other parts of the Northwest. Or maybe it just looks to a trout like something that might be edible.

Variations

Brown is another good body color.

How to Fish

Use the count-down-and-retrieve or slow retrieve presentations