Pattern #25
Pattern #25, pattern by Carrie G. Stevens, dressed by Peter Simonson
Pattern Notes: An example of Carrie Stevens’ Phase I streamers (earliest style) - tied on light wire long shanked Sproat hook. A packaged, labeled specimen at Rangeley Outdoor Heritage Museum was observed 6/24/2017. An unpackaged rendition appears in the book Forgotten Flies, by Paul Schmookler & Ingrid Sils on p536 (Mallory Cullen collection) as fly #161.
From a collection of flies previously owned by William Whitney Mallory of Farmington ME and of CT
References: Rangeley Outdoor Heritage Museum: Mallory-Palmer collection (unpackaged), general collection (packaged).
Pattern Recipe
Tag: Silver Flat
Body: Red floss
Rib: Silver Flat (Tight, such that 50% of body area is floss, 50% tinsel)
Underbelly: White bucktail
Wing: Yellow (2 hackles, Tied on top of shank)
Head: White