Soft Hackle Carrot Fly Tying Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2017
- This is one my favorite soft hackle hare's ear variations. It was featured as one of my confidence flies in our instructional film Modern Nymphing. It's a variation on the tungsten carotene jig designed by my former Fly Fishing Team USA Teammate Mike Sexton, which is available from Umpqua Feather Merchants. I've added CDC soft hackle to the pattern to make it more mobile. It is an excellent searching pattern and fishes well whenever caddis are hatching.
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This fly is a killer!! I had it in my box for months before I tried it. This has become one of my top producing flies. It catches fish in every river and any time of the year. Thanks for sharing.
Romeo Beorchia glad it’s worked for you.
Mercury Adhesives makes some excellent superglue. We use it a lot with FPV drones. They have some sort of design which prevents the bottle from drying out or clogging. They also have different viscosities. It may be worth a look.
Thanks for sharing Devin! I've been fishing this pattern since I first saw it during the filming of Modern Nymphing. Deadly pattern for sure!
Gilbert Rowley thanks!
nice tie, Soft hackles are my favorite. I'll have to try the CDC next time.
The soft hackle carrot is a fish catching machine thank you Devin Olsen !!
Chris Heiner it’s a go getter! Glad it’s worked for you
Love your videos. Thanks!
Rich Ludt thanks. We appreciate it.
When using a slotted bead on a nymph hook, do you find the bead makes the size of the fly smaller. For an example, a 14 hook with a 2.8 beads is the size of a size 16 fly
Any bead on a straight nymph hook will make a shorter fly as the bead doesn't rotate forward like on a jig hook.
Reminds me of the Duracell
Hi Devin, using the CDC is a real nice touch. You use "super glue" often, is there a particular formula that makes "super glues" waterproof for tying purposes or are all "super glue" generically the same. Thanks much
I don't use superglue to make the thread waterproof. I've just found that it holds the whip finish together better than head cement so the fly is very durable. I've had the best experience with Loctite brushable mainly because the applicator brush doesn't clog as quickly as zap a gap.
Thanks, Devin. What do you think about using the offset tungsten beads on this?
I use offset beads interchangeably with slotted beads on any of my nymphs. I just change them based on the weight I want because the offset beads are around 15-20% heavier than the same size slotted bead.
how would you feel about using the cdc loop method for the collar instead?
Delerium89 it certainly works fine. It just takes a little more time.
Thanks for sharing, Devin. Do you ever tie this on a jig hook and fish it on the point?
Hi Mina, you could absolutely tie it on a jig hook. I swap back and forth with it on the point and dropper so fish it wherever you feel it needs to be.
I really like veevus
What vice are you using Devin?
Renzetti Presentation
Devin would you mind telling us what hook that is? I'm on your site and trying to order, and there's lot's of choices . Thanks !
Actually, I just looked at the inside jacket of modern nymphing and everything's there; awesome and thanks!
The one in that photo is a Hanak 230 but I also use the dohiku 644, 302, and 302sp for that fly.
Is this still one of your go to confidence flies? I’m looking for very simple flies that have more movement that compliment slim flies like perdigons/quildigons.
Yes, I use it all the time.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 thanks Devin. Do you use the hares ear version of your blowtorch and if so what is the difference between these two flies when deciding to fish them.
Is this still one of your confidence flies or has it been replaced? has it been amended?
It’s still high in the rotation. I occasionally try different dubbing for the thorax collar but nothing else has changed.
Devin, What size do you fish most with your Soft Hackle Carrot?
Shannon York 14s and 16s
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Thank you!
Hi what colours of cdc would work on this fly?
I normally just use a natural gray or brown
Thanks
TROUT!
So it's the Czech age old 'Thread Fly' but with cdc instead of partridge. You and Lance Egan (especially Lance) coming up with tiny variations to an existing pattern and claiming it as your own.
If you were to read anything I’ve written about the pattern you would see that I mention it is a Czech standby. I just happened to be introduced to a non-soft hackle version by a friend Mike Sexton, who calls it the carrot, before seeing the Czech version. Pretty sure I never claimed it as my own, hence the reason I’ve never submitted it to be tied commercially.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 I did read the description that says "It's a variation on the tungsten carotene jig designed by my former Fly Fishing Team USA Teammate Mike Sexton". Then reading further in the description you can see how a reader would get the impression it's a variation you created/invented. I don't know where you wrote about it as a czech standby I just thought a mention of credit in the video (or at the very minimum the descrption) would be a common courtesy.