Carey Special

HOOK: 5263, sizes 4-10 THREAD: Black TAIL: Pheasant tail RIB: Copper wire BODY: Olive chenile or peacock herl HACKLE: 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.