FLY
Salmon Fly
Lady Caroline
Tied by Brent Jones
Lady Caroline recipe
| Hook | Alec Jackson steelhead iron SI-3-10 size 3 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Uni 8/0 Black |
| Tail | Golden Pheasant Red breast feather |
| Rib | Small gold oval tinsel |
| Rib | Danville gold flat mylar tinsel |
| Body | Spirit River olive angora goat dubbing |
| Hackle | Gray Heron |
| Collar | Golden Pheasant red breast feather |
| Wing | Bronze mallard |
| Head | Black thread with a UV coating |
What the Lady Caroline imitates
- Salmon / steelhead classic wet (floss, tinsel, hackle)
Where the Lady Caroline came from
- Originated by unknown, River Spey. Kelson gives no originator and calls it an old standard Spey fly; earliest dressing found here. / Absent from Knox's Autumns on the Spey (1872) but in Kelson 1895; creator and namesake undocumented.Source: Kelson, The Salmon Fly (1895), p.179 | The Lady Caroline - Ahrex Hooks
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
