Carrie Stevens Pink Beauty Streamer

Time for another Throw Back Thursday fly…the Carrie Stevens Pink Beauty Streamer.

Carrie Stevens - Pink Beauty | www.johnkreft.com

Some of you may have seen the Carrie Stevens Pink Beauty Streamer before, but this is the first time as a TBT fly.

There is a certain beauty about Carrie Stevens streamers. The sleekness of lines, combination of colors…I’ve only tied two of them, but I think I’ll have to give some more a try.

Here is an entry from the Carrie Stevens Green Drake Streamer TBT post a few weeks ago to provide a little history:

“Carrie Stevens created her own versions of streamers for Maine’s Rangeley Lakes Region. In July 1924, she landed a 6 pound 13 ounce brook trout, winning 2nd place in the Field & Stream magazine contest. Shortly after that, she began selling her flies.”

Hope you enjoy the Carrie Stevens Pink Beauty Streamer! 

Similar Posts

  • Importance of Mayfly Spinners

    I sometimes forget about the importance of mayfly spinners. I was on the river the other night with no visible activity. I decided to blind-cast in a couple locations where I know trout live. What fly should I tie on? I remembered PMD’s had been hatching recently and knew from past experience a Rusty Spinner would…

  • Next Cast Flyfishers Camp

    A couple of weeks ago, I helped my wife Karen teach 12 kids from ages 10 to 14 about fly fishing during the Next Cast Flyfishers Camp. It’s part of our fly club’s Next Cast Flyfishers (our youth program) goal to get kids into fly fishing in Central Oregon. This is a picture of the kids…

  • Hemingway Caddis

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Hemingway Caddis. And the top view: The Hemingway Caddis is a variation of the Henryville Special developed in the 1930’s by Hiram Brobst. Mike Lawson created the variation for Jack Hemingway, son of the famous author Ernest Hemingway, for fishing the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River in…

  • Stock Up on Trout Flies

    I’m headed back to the vise this week to stock up on trout flies. I finished my last “plate” fly for the season. It was an Atlantic Salmon fly called the Blue Charm, a “Simple Strip Wing”, my contribution for a Central Oregon Fly Tying Guild fly plate. This plate will be at the NW…

One Comment

  1. Hi John,
    Gretchen and I love ALL of the Carrie Stevens fly patterns. She was a real artist and you did a great job of tying her pattern. Love you site. Take care & …

    Tight Lines (Gretchen &) Al Beatty

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *