Phase IV streamers of Carrie Stevens

These flies are early works by Carrie Stevens found in the Mallory-Palmer collection at the Rangeley Outdoor Heritage Museum. By the time these were constructed (c. late 1920’s) Carrie’s tying approach and construction had evolved to her well-known style. These streamers show her typical construction, with underbellies (usually), full throats, four or more hackles in the wing mounted at the 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock position on the hook shank, often have a shoulder, and have the shorter jungle cock cheek. Also the heads clearly have the contrasting band, Carrie Stevens’ signature.

Streamers in the Mallory-Palmer collection that were previously known and/or named are not included, as their recipes are elsewhere, e.g., Hilyard [1]. Note also, that the Mallory-Palmer collection appears to contain most, but not all, of the streamers in the Mallory Cullen collection in the book Forgotten Flies [2].

The recipes in this collection were prepared from multiple observations at the Museum.

Select an image below for the recipe and pattern notes.

Selection of streamers in the Mallory-Palmer collection
(Rangeley Outdoor Heritage Museum.)

[1] Hilyard, Graydon R., Leslie Hilyard. Carrie G. Stevens Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. 2000

[2] Schmookler, Paul, Ingrid V. Sils. Forgotten Flies. Millis, MA: The Complete Sportsman. 1999