From Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing by Joseph D.
Bates, Jr., "As the wife of Rangeley guide Wallace Stevens, Carrie taught
herself to tie flies at their cottage in Upper Dam. Her talents as a milliner
are evident in both her style and creative use of color. Carrie's early flies
were bucktails and were numbered rather than names. Instrumental in the
early development of what is now known as the Rangeley style of streamers.
Carrie Stevens originated dozens of distinctive patterns and has a permanent
place in fly tying history."
The fly above is from, Forgotten Flies
by Paul Schmookler and Ingrid V. Sills, published by the
Complete Sportsman. However, photography, lighting or the interpretation
of tyers does vary, the fly above was tied by Marcelo Morales. The fly below,
(which is also the recipe below) is the original fly as dressed by
Carrrie herself, and from Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing
by Joseph D. Bates, Jr., published by Stackpole Books.
Tomahawk (as dressed by the originator)
Head: Black with red band.
Tag: Flat silver tinsel.
Body: Red floss.
Ribbing: Flat silver tinsel.
Throat: Peacock herl and white bucktail. The peacock is as long as the
wing, the bucktail only slightly shorter; under these, blue hackle fibers.
Wing: Four medium blue saddlehackles on each side of which is an orange
saddlehackle slightly shorter.
Shoulders: Golden pheasant green body feather one third as long as the wing.
Cheeks: Jungle cock.
~ DLB
Credits: Top photo from Forgotten Flies
by Paul Schmookler and Ingrid V. Sills, published by the
Complete Sportsman. Text and recipe and lower photo from: Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing
by Joseph D. Bates, Jr., published by Stackpole Books.
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