Carmen
Classic Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #6 sproat
Thread: black
Body Parts: tail, rib, body, hackle, wings
Materials: golden pheasant crest under red quill, red rooster / cock hackle, trimmed and palmered, squirrel hair, dubbed, black rooster / cock, pulled down, Mallard: white tipped, black, secondary flight feather slips
Notes:
example tied from the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury and the a photo of the fly Mary tied for her book
ingredients are best guesses as there is no recipe in the book
https://flyvault.net/wp-content/uploads/formidable/13/carmenorvis-150×150.png, https://flyvault.net/wp-content/uploads/formidable/13/carmenreal-150×150.jpeg