Carrie Stevens

[Frank Reid[_2_]]

Anyone here tie Carrie Stevens patterns? Where do you get the hooks?
Frank Reid

[Kevin Vang[_2_]]

In article <9a534787-136f-4314-9000-73dd23be7b76
@w35g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, says...
> Anyone here tie Carrie Stevens patterns? Where do you get the hooks?
> Frank Reid
>


Unless you really want the old fashioned look, I would use short
shanked hooks instead of the long ones on the originals. Those
long shanks cause a lot of leverage to work the hook out of the
fishes jaw.

If you really like the long body, I would tie a tube fly and rig
it ahead of a short shank hook.


--
Kevin Vang
reply to kevin dot vang at minotstateu dot edu

[Vaughan Hurry]

Frank Reid wrote:
> Anyone here tie Carrie Stevens patterns? Where do you get the hooks?
> Frank Reid

I bought some from here : http://www.belvoirdale.com/ a few years ago. I
found them to be very good quality, for what little that is worth.....

/Vaughan

[redietz]

On Jan 13, 8:34*pm, Frank Reid > wrote:
> Anyone here tie Carrie Stevens patterns? *Where do you get the hooks?
> Frank Reid

Try:

http://greatfeathers.com/mikemartinek.aspx

[Tom Littleton]

"Frank Reid" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone here tie Carrie Stevens patterns? Where do you get the hooks?
> Frank Reid

you already got links to the two sources I am aware of.
And, to differ with Kevin, the hooks she used serve a mechanical purpose on
the waters she designed them for, that a tube fly wouldn't duplicate. Not to
say that his suggestion would or wouldn't fish more successfully, it would
just behave differently.
Tom

[Frank Reid[_2_]]

> > Anyone here tie Carrie Stevens patterns? *Where do you get the hooks?
> > Frank Reid
>
> you already got links to the two sources I am aware of.
> And, to differ with Kevin, the hooks she used serve a mechanical purpose on
> the waters she designed them for, that a tube fly wouldn't duplicate. Not to
> say that his suggestion would or wouldn't fish more successfully, it would
> just behave differently.
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tom

One of the reasons that the 10X is use is getting the fly down. I
just wanted to try this without going to a shorter hook and adding
weight. I do have a first edition, self-published copy of Streamer
Flies for Trolling and Casting (now called volume one) by Mike
Martinek and wanted to try some of the flies.
Frank Reid

[Tom Littleton]

"Frank Reid" > wrote in message
...
I do have a first edition, self-published copy of Streamer
Flies for Trolling and Casting (now called volume one) by Mike
Martinek and wanted to try some of the flies.
Frank Reid

I was gifted, a few years back, the coffee table book on Carrie and her
flies, by a generous pirate. I love the book, but never have sat down to try
and do the flies.
Tom

[Vaughan Hurry]

Frank Reid wrote:
>>> Anyone here tie Carrie Stevens patterns? Where do you get the hooks?
>>> Frank Reid
>> you already got links to the two sources I am aware of.
>> And, to differ with Kevin, the hooks she used serve a mechanical purpose on
>> the waters she designed them for, that a tube fly wouldn't duplicate. Not to
>> say that his suggestion would or wouldn't fish more successfully, it would
>> just behave differently.
>> Tom
>
> One of the reasons that the 10X is use is getting the fly down. I
> just wanted to try this without going to a shorter hook and adding
> weight. I do have a first edition, self-published copy of Streamer
> Flies for Trolling and Casting (now called volume one) by Mike
> Martinek and wanted to try some of the flies.
> Frank Reid

Frank,
I have fished this style of flies a lot for the past few summers taking
a number of good browns and surprisingly to me some very nice Arctic
char. Some I have tied but mostly dressed by Duane Vigue, who is so much
better than I am it is kinda embarrassing putting my flies in the same
box. I know there are known problems of poor hookups or poor fish
holding using these long hooks but I've not really experienced this
myself. Up to #4s they have proven to be superb lake flies, either
casting or trolling behind my float tube. I've not tried #2s. Oddly
enough, I've never caught a fish in running water on one. Have not
persisted long enough I suspect.

I would be interested to hear how you go. The flies are beautiful and
swim very nicely, I think....

/Vaughan

[streamertyer[_5_]]

On Jan 15, 5:28*pm, "Tom Littleton" > wrote:
> "Frank Reid" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> I do have a first edition, self-published copy of Streamer
> Flies for Trolling and Casting (now called volume one) by Mike
> Martinek and wanted to try some of the flies.
> Frank Reid
>
> I was gifted, a few years back, the coffee table book on Carrie and her
> flies, by a generous pirate. I love the book, but never have sat down to try
> and do the flies.
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tom

Hi Guys,
Pretty devoted group that will give you all the help you need here:
http://streamerlist.ning.com/

Cheers,
Chris
http://cdelplato.googlepages.com

[Peter Gambitsky]

Mustad 94700? if u can find any old ones around


"Frank Reid" > wrote in message
...
> Anyone here tie Carrie Stevens patterns? Where do you get the hooks?
> Frank Reid

[streamertyer[_5_]]

On Jan 28, 8:58*pm, "Peter Gambitsky" > wrote:
> Mustad 94700? *if u can find any old ones around
>
> "Frank Reid" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Anyone here tie Carrie Stevens patterns? *Where do you get the hooks?
> > Frank Reid

The Mustad 94720 is still in production, and is servicable, but the
gold standard is the Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek's Carrie Stevens
Rangeley hook. I prefer the 8xl size 1 for these.
You can get them direct here:
http://www.belvoirdale.com/trout.html

A detailed step-by-step for these flies is in the first issue of
Hatches Magazine:
http://www.hatchesmagazine.com/

Cheers,
Chris
http://cdelplato.googlepages.com
http://streamerlist.ning.com