Here is a little history on the Lady Caroline and Green Butt Skunk: The fly is named after Caroline Elizabeth Gordon-Lennox who lived 1844-1934. Lady Caroline was most likely designed and tied by George Shanks who at the time served as the head ghillie at the Gordon Castle. The same Shanks whose fli...

Ron,

Those are tied on a size 7 AJ hook.

These are my top producers so far: Green butt skunk and Lady Caroline'ish

#3 Blue Heron hooks. They are great hooks but I use them sparingly, since I have not seen them in stock for a while.

These are two of my favorite trout spey flies. They produced well for me this fall and early winter.

Did Kelly Galloup happen to name this fly? Nice tie

Excellent color combination and I am sure that fly will hunt!

Thanks Hank. I trying to work on getting better quality photos. The old iPhone 5 isn't cutting the mustard.

This is similar to Bob's ( joaniebo) recent post and hopefully great minds think alike. This really has been a good pattern for me on a local tailwater that I fish.

Hook: Dohiku #18
Tail: Red hackle fibers
Body: Arizona peacock dubbing and tinsel wrap
Collar: Partridge
Thread: Black nano silk

Those would for sure work where I fish! Nice ties and thanks for posting them.