Dave
Senogles
New Brighton, Minnesota
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Chartreuse Tasty Toad (Tarpon)
Tier: Dave Senogles
Hook: Gamakatsu SC15-2H 2/0 or 3/0.
Mono foul guard: 30 lb Mason.
Tail: Chartreuse rabbit zonker strip, about 1 inch long.
Collar: Chartreuse marabou, palmered 1x.
Head: Chartreuse floating poly yarn tied perpendicular to hook shank.
Thread: Chartreuse monocord.
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Chartreuse Tasty Toad (Tarpon)
Chartreuse Tasty Toad (Tarpon)
Cone-Head Rubber-leg Wooly Bugger
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Cone-Head Rubber-leg Wooly Bugger
Tier: Dave Senogles
Hook:
Mustad 9672, # 4-10.
Weight: .025 lead-free wire wrapped around hook shank.
Cone: Gold, silver or black.
Tail: Marabou, same length as hook shank.
Body: Tinsel chenille.
Hackle: Grizzly, dyed to same color as body (black does not show grizzly pattern).
Rubber legs: I usually tie in 3 pairs of rubber legs, one at the tail and two placed on the body, at even intervals.
Flash: Optional, 2-4 strands of pearl flashabou, tied in just before the hackle is palmered.
Colors: I tie black, chartreuse, brown and purple patterns.
Note: I fish this pattern on a 7-weight rod in the Mississippi River in Minnesota for catfish, walleye and smallmouth bass. Especially effective at dusk and after dark during the summer time.
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Chartreuse Tasty Toad (Tarpon)
Chartreuse Tasty Toad (Tarpon)
Cone-Head Rubber-leg Wooly Bugger
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Tier: Dave Senogles
Note:
Tie this fly inverted, so hook rides up.
Hook: Mustad 36620, size 2-10.
Thread: Black 6/0 Monocord.
Weight: Front 1/3,lead-free wire, size .025,flatten with a pliers.
Tail: Two black goose biots, tied split.
Abdomen: Large (6/0) black killer caddis glass beads, use 6 for a
# 4 hook.
Gills: Two hurls of black ostrich wrapped forward between each
pair of beads.
Wing case: Black swiss straw, overcoat with several coats of
tackle lacquer.
Thorax: Mix of black squirrel and rabbit dubbing, heavy and picked
out
Legs: Black saddle hackle, palmered over thorax.
Antennae: Two black goose biots, tied split.
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Chartreuse Tasty Toad (Tarpon)
Chartreuse Tasty Toad (Tarpon)
Cone-Head Rubber-leg Wooly Bugger
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Carey
Special
Tier: Dave Senogles
Hook:
Mustad 9672, #4-12.
Weight: .015 to .025 lead-free wire wrapped.
Bead: Gold (optional).
Tail: Male ring-neck pheasant iridescent rump feather, tied long.
Body: Chenille.
Hackle: Same as tail only palmered.
Notes: This is a nice and simple dragon fly nymph pattern. I use olive, claret and brown chenille for the body.
I have used this pattern for at least 30 years. It is published on page 46 of Randy Stetzer's great pattern book, "Flies: The Best One Thousand". It is also on page 77 of Terry Hellekson's fine book, "Popular Fly Patterns". It is also in many other books and magazines.
I used to teach beginning fly tying in several school districts locally and this was a very easy and inexpensive fly to tie. Kids loved it. It can teach all the basics and materials are very plentiful. Ringneck pheasants are everywhere around where I live.
I use this pattern to imitate the very large size dragonflies (Anax sp. and Libellula sp.) that we have in here the mid-west. Come summer, the adults are everywhere, so the fish (trout, bass etc.) see a lot of dragonfly nymphs all year around. This is a productive fly.
This is
an old British Columbian pattern dating back to the 1920s. It is named
after it's originator, Colonel Carey, a retired British soldier.
Col. Carey failed to show up at home after an assignment so his family sent someone to find him. He was found at a remote cabin on Arthur Lake where he was testing his new flies tied with pheasant rump feathers. He discovered the feathers gave a life-like movement in water and the pattern was productive. The Carey Special became well known in the area and eventually it's popularity migrated across Canada as well as the northern section of the USA.
You will find this fly tied with bodies of various colors and materials such as deer hair, fur, floss, dubbing, peacock herl, and many others, but it is the pheasant rump feathers tied as shown that make it a "Carey Special".
Select One of Dave's Flies:
Chartreuse Tasty Toad (Tarpon)
Chartreuse Tasty Toad (Tarpon)
Cone-Head Rubber-leg Wooly Bugger
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