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Do trout eat carrots?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:03 pm
by fly_fischa
I hope they do
Different variation to a traditional pattern.
Hook- 10# Tiemco 100BL
Thread- Uni trico 17/0
Hackle- Partridge
Abdomen Underbody- Uni hot org floss
Abdomen Overbody- Wapsi small stretch tube clear
Ribbing- Hends 0,09 black cws-30
Thorax- Org seals fur
Head- Hends elastic thread org
Re: Do trout eat carrots?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:16 pm
by willowhead
There's an old pattern called the Carrot Nymph.....i use to tye them and fish for Brookies with it. Works great, but a Brookie will take anything orange. Your fly/tye there is fantastic.
i have to go to the damn dentist now............
Re: Do trout eat carrots?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:18 pm
by kanutripr
Very nice! Beautiful work with the hackle.
Vicki
Re: Do trout eat carrots?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:53 pm
by letumgo
I am completely "gobsmacked" by the fly and photo Karsten. You've raised the proverbial "bar". Incredible...
Re: Do trout eat carrots?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:46 pm
by tie2fish
Zowie! That is amazing.
Re: Do trout eat carrots?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:49 pm
by fleaflicker
That'll work for sure
Re: Do trout eat carrots?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:08 pm
by fly_fischa
Cheers everyone, I had a lot of fun with this one.
I'll let the trout or grayling be the judge of it's edibility on my next outing.
There are few things I'd change after looking at the photo's. For one I would taper the body a bit in the next fly and iron out some of the lumps in the body
. Macro photography shows everyting, but hey it's all fun as far as I'm concerned...
Re: Do trout eat carrots?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:02 pm
by DNicolson
Skues devised a Carrot Nymph as a joke many years ago, trouble was it actually caught fish.
I don't know if this is the one Mark used, but here is the recipe.
Carrot Nymph.
Hook: Size 14 - 16.
Silk: Primrose silk.
Tail: Green parrot feather-fibres or substitute.
Tag: Four turns of tying silk.
Body: Rear third - pale yellow wool, middle third - hot orange wool,
thorax - greenish seal’s fur.
Hackle: Short fibred olive-green hen.
Re: Do trout eat carrots?
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:11 pm
by Kelly L.
I made some Carrot Nymphs a good while back. Your fly made mine look just plain UGLY....lol. I love the version you have tied here. Two thumbs up!
Re: Do trout eat carrots?
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:54 am
by fly_fischa
Thanks for the recipe Donald. I don't have the materials to tie it so I'm glad Ray has beaten me to it
Here's Ray's rendition of the pattern description shared by Donald;
photographed & tied by Ray (letumgo)----<°))))))><
and the link to his original post -
http://flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2493