Fly Tying the Carey Special (Classic British Columbia Fly Pattern)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2021
- Created by Colonel Carey of British Columbia in the 1930s, this fly pattern was popularized by Roderick Haig-Brown in his seminal work, "The Western Angler" in 1939.
Hook: #6-12 wet fly
Thread: Black
Tail: Pheasant rump feather fibers
Rib: Thread
Body: Pheasant tail fibers
Hackle: Pheasant rump feather, collar style
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Hey Matt,
Hello from Campbell River, BC. Love your channel and your energy. Really loved about hearing you mention Haig Brown. I go past his place on the banks of the Campbell River almost daily. Now a B&B. I've been fly tying for a few months now and I can't believe that I have not tied a Carey Special yet. Today is the day.
Definitely a big buggie looking streamer but I really dig it. Thank you Sir Matt for all you do for us.
Matt, nicely tied!!
Thank you Steve; appreciate it my friend. :-)
Cool looking fly. Great job Matt.
Appreciate it Karl. Thanks for watching my friend!
Love the stories and history that you add to each tie. When zig first started tying, I did it just for the fly. Now I enjoy the beauty, the specifics of each material and the history of how it came to be. Thank you for adding depth to this hobby.
Thanks Jon, I really appreciate the kind comment. It's what keeps me motivated to keep researching and making more videos. Cheers. -Matt
Very cool old pattern thanks for the story.love it thanks matt!!
Appreciate it Mike! And I agree, some of these old patterns are great. :-)
Does an excellent job of imitating a dragon fly nymph. I've caught some nice Rainbows in my float tube with this fly!
Cool to hear! It's certainly a unique looking fly. I'd probably fish it as a baitfish myself. I'm not sure I've ever even seen a dragonfly nymph in the wild. But I hear they're pretty big!
Very nice Matt. I really enjoyed it. The old ones are fun. Thanks for sharing your time and talent! KANSAS
Thanks Jack, and I agree... it can be a blast to tie these old historic patterns.
Nice interpretation of a classic. Good work
Thanks Bob; I appreciate the kind words my friend. 😁
thanks matt
Good Afternoon Sir Matt, So amazing, the simplicity of this Beautiful Fly, I Love It... Thank You Sir Matt For This One :)
You bet Edward; as always, thanks for watching my friend!
Hey Matt and good morning, let’s hold on to are seats let’s go!☕️☕️
Got to go fishing and it was incredible 😉👍
Oh man, the last time I went fishing (last weekend) it was the opposite of incredible. I mean, it's always great to get out, but catching one or two little dinks over ten hours on the river isn't what we hope for!
Very cool looking fly Matt
I will have to give it a try
Thanks for the video
Thanks Dave! Always appreciate it my friend. :-)
Nice, I like it Matt! I will be tying some of them! Thanks for sharing bud!
You bet Franky! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Great fly, thanks for the video. I'm going to tie a bunch up!
You bet Ross! Appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
One of my fav fly patterns for trout here in bc canada
Nice job Matt
Thanks George!
love the classic fly . Thanks Matt!!
Thanks James- definitely a classic!
Been looking into this pattern….there are numerous variations that all recommend as a very good fly! Most use pheasant hackle, some long like you others shorter! It seems with this fly, you almost can’t make a bad version! Thanks for yours!
I noticed that too Mike! I kind of like the version with the super long hackle, otherwise it's a standard run-of-the-mill soft hackled fly.
It has been a minute since I have tied a Carey. Thanks for the reminder, Matt. Nice job and a great pattern for swinging through the riffles. 😎
Definitely Todd! Appreciate it my fiend. :-)
I have caught fish using this feather as a softhackle on flies from a standard Ring-neck Pheasant skin. nice pattern, thanks Matt
Appreciate it Lee. And you're right, there aren't many feathers on a Ringneck skin that we can't use in our tying!
Nicely tied Matt, will be whipping out a few of these for the Fall, when I go for the big Browns. As always, great job and thanks for sharing 👍
Appreciate it Layton. Honestly, I've never fished this one but I'll bet it does look good in the water. :-)
Love it. I’ve tied a couple but haven’t used yet. Most certainly will when able. Nice fly. Thx Matt!!
Appreciate it Clyde! And same here... I'm looking forward to testing it as well. :-)
Its magnificent. A perfect wet fly for all places, beautiful to kook at and simple. I will tie some smaller version very soon.
It's definitely going to have a lot of action Terry. In fact, I'm sure I'd fish this like a streamer and actively strip it.
Nicely done Matt! When you tied in the tail I thought of the lake flies (stillwater) of Denny Rickards that I just read in Fly Tyer, a lot of long tails. I sometimes get the Carey S mixed up with the Burlap, depending how they are tied. All the feathers on a pheasant, man what an awesome material. Thanks.
I did read that this could be a good stillwater fly, but also that it most resembles a dragonfly nymph. I still think it would act more like a baitfish. I'm going to have to check out Denny Rickards. I love learning of new tiers! Now speaking of the Burlap, I did tie one back in February: th-cam.com/video/QOYdsxmlki8/w-d-xo.html
I just read the article on Rickards. Man, this makes me want to go to New England and do some stillwater fishing. It looks like he’s fishing out of a belly boat. Have you ever done that?
@@SavageFliesYeah he's quite the guy, NW stillwater guru. Me, no, just laid back floating in a truck inner tube as a teenager at my friends camp until some yahoo buzzed me with his little kicker powered jonboat. I wanted to get a belly boat for duck hunting and fishing, even read a book on float tube fishing. It never panned out. Check out Phil Rowley, he's BC's stillwater expert along with Brian Chan. I have Rowley's Patterns For Stillwaters. He has a You Tube channel. Pretty sure Darren from Piscator told me he worked with him when he lived in BC. Yeah pretty exciting, getting dragged around by a huge Kamloops trout.
I remember reading that Colonel Carey was very particular about the pheasant skins that he used. He collected them very carefully, and is reported to have filled his house with them.
Oh yeah, the story I read was that he was practically obsessive about collecting the right pheasant cocks and went through tons of them. An interesting story. :-)
Thank you for the video and the little history lesson. As a fairly new fly tyer I find it INCREDIBLY frustrating to try to find an accurate representation of the original instead of a variation. Especially when they don't bother to tell you it's a variation. It can be VERY hard to track down the original. Much appreciated!
Thank you Shane, I appreciate the kind words. I love learning about and celebrating the history of some of our classic flies. I certainly don't mind mixing it up with modern materials and trying variations but I hear what you're saying- sometimes it's hard to find what the original version should look like. Thanks for watching my friend!
Love this fly, I need to get me a golden pheasant skin.
But wait Thomas! I know I said Golden Pheasant, but I meant Ringneck Pheasant. But either of them are cool and fun to tie with. :-)
@@SavageFlies oh nice, I have that skin. Well now I have to get another excuse to buy the golden one..... Lol
Great looking fly Matt maybe some moose mane for the body would give it a unique look. Thanks for sharing !
Great idea Hardy; moose mane really would look cool on a pattern like this! You might even get a variegated look between some browns and blacks. I’m going to try it tonight. We’ll see. 👍
Love the history behind the flies. Maybe you could do a few flies that are popular for areas around central and south west Ontario? Keep up the great work!!
Thats cool I tied one of those yesterday not knowing it was a real fly lol but I tied mine out of Blue Jay i had kicking around.
Cool! I love the colorful wing feathers on blue jays. I don't use them too often since you only get about six pairs per bird, but they do look cool. :-)
kudos Matt
Thanks Mark! Appreciate it my friend. :-)
Add a dark wing of some kind, and you have a small Spey fly. Interesting, thanks!
Why not try a few with a golden,I think it would look great.This is another oldie that has worked and will work forever.Nice choice,Matt.
Thanks Michael! I did just order five Golden Pheasant skins to start up a new series. I haven't tied much with it but am planning to mess around with it soon. :-)
Nice looking tie, should have some nice action.
I think it will too Michael. Thanks for watching!
@@SavageFlies love the intro
I appreciate that Michael! I’m just playing around with some new editing tricks. 😁
Another fly with a very interesting history. This just makes for some great videos. The fly tying community needs a Matt O’Neal Fly Tying Book. The feather that you used for the body. From what location of the Pheasant skin did it come from please? It’s amazing how quickly some of these flies come together. One moment they remind you of morning hair. Then in a few seconds they appear as a beautiful fish able fly. Pretty cool. Great job on this one. Thank you Matt.
Love the old patterns. I wonder if Jack Gartside got his inspiration for his Sparrow pattern from the Carey Special - slightly different materials but similar profile. As they say, it's nearly impossible to come up with a pattern that hasn't been thought of before.
You’re completely right! It’s hard to come up with something truly original. I need to research more of Gartside’s patterns but it just could be that his Sparrow was inspired by this one from Colonel Carey. Good eye!
Have you ever had the chance of visiting Campbell River, BC? If not, and if you ever happen to find yourself here, look me up I would love to meet you and show you around.
Nice fly Matt. I know it wouldn't be the OG but I'm thinking that peacock herl would be nice for the body. I'll be very surprised if someone hasn't done it on youtube. If someone is looking for long deer body hair the hocks have some pretty long hair if you have a whole hide. Keep the good stuff coming buddy.
I don't know if anyone has, but I think you're right... peacock herl on this body would really set it off. I mean it is the magical material that turns anything into a better fly! Of course you'd still have to rib it, but if you didn't want a flashy silver or gold rib, you could just do like Carey did and rib it with thread. Seriously man, I might just try this. I'm heading out in the morning with my belly boat to do some bass fishing. I might throw a couple of these in my box. Thanks for the idea!
Really enjoy hearing some of these histories, Matt. Optional deer hair? I wonder if it was bucktail?
You know Jim, the recipe specifically said deer hair, but looking again at the picture, it's possible he used bucktail. That would certainly make sense since bucktail hairs can be 4-5 inches, and even my longest deer hair is just over two inches. And bucktail wouldn't be as buoyant as body hair which would be a plus for a sunken fly like this. Now I'm wondering if 100 years ago, if they just called anything off a deer, deer hair. Hmmm...
Love the fly and video I think it's not golden pheasant but ring neck for rump feather
Thanks Don! I haven't watched it again, but if I said Golden Pheasant I misspoke. That's definitely a feather from a ringneck rump. :-)
That intro graphic! Diggin it!! New camera?
Thanks Eddie! Not a new camera, just practicing some stuff with the editing software. Thanks for noticing. :-)
Would it make sense to think of this like a large soft hackle?
Hey so was this tied with a golden pheasant skin or a ring neck? Looks like a ring neck skin at the start. Cool fly, cheers!
It was a ringneck. Did I say Golden in the video? I probably screwed that up! I’ve had the golden pheasant on my mind this week as I just bought five golden skins for a new series. Sorry about that!
I had the same question. The recipe list just listed “pheasant” without specifying which one. While tying you mentioned golden pheasant a couple of times.
As much as I enjoy tying dries with a good quality rooster neck or saddle, I confess that ringneck pheasant & Hungarian partridge are my favorite sources of feathers. They have so many options of color, patterning & variations in texture. Fun stuff.
I’ve never tied or used this fly, but looks very fishable.
@@FlyTyer1948 Good note Bob and yes, while pricey, Hungarian Partridge is a great material! I’m about to start playing around with Golden Pheasant. Maybe this weekend’s tie.