Carson
Steelhead
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet barbs
Body - Peacock herl with a red floss center band
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an over wing of a small bunch of red bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock
Sumner Carson of Eureka, California, originated this pattern around 1900. His original flies had wings of married red and white duck quill sections. About 1935 this was changed to hair wings. This was a period strongly influenced by Jim Pray, when a number of patterns made the transition.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
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