When I was fortunate enough to build a camp at West Carry Pond, I was exposed to great brook trout and togue fishing. We caught both species trolling sewed-on dace trapped from the pond.

     Louis used to say, "All dace are not created equal". Although they may look pretty much the same to us, fish much prefer the females with their orange and yellow bellies. I soon noticed that when I sewed on this colorful variation, a strike was not far off.

     When it became illegal to use natural bait in our pond, I tied the West Carry Dace to immitate this favored food and permit us to continue catching fish. It worked! While I still use it trolling, it is a very productive streamer used with traditional fly-fishing techniques. I found that it did equally well on char and brook trout in Labrador.

     It has become one of my favorite flies, the first one I tie on when searching for fish.

     Try it, you'll like it!