"Kelly's Killer - Fly Angler's OnLine Volumn 5 week 52"

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Part One hundred ninty-eight

Kelly's Killer

Text and Fly Tied By Richard A. Connors (quillg)

Here's a little excerpt from the book Carrie G. Stevens - Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies by Hilyard & Hilyard.

"Carrie never kept a journal of her friendships and her thoughts on them, but she ensured that certain friends and family members would be remembered by naming streamers after them," such as Allie's Favorite and Allie's Delight after friend Alfred French or the Mrs. Duley Special after her younger sister Elizabeth.

However....

"Carrie did not necessarily know all the people after whom she named patterns. Kelley's Killer, Dr. White, and Dr. Gray, may have been named for fishing friends, but who these individuals were is not known."

Recipe for Kelly's Killer

Tag: Flat Silver Tinsel
Body: Orange Silk Floss.
Rib: Flat Silver Tinsel.
Underbody: White bucktail.
Throat: White Hackle fibers.
Wing: Four lavender hackles flanked on each side by one silver badger hackle slightly shorter.
Shoulder: One tan tipped Lady Amherst pheasant body feather.
Cheek: Jungle Cock. ~ Richard A. Connors

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