I first came in contact with this fly while fishing on Soda Butte Creek in the northeastern part of Yellowstone National Park. A few of my buddies and I were fishing with so-so results when we witnessed an older gentleman fishing about 200 yards down river from us reeling in fish after fish. This was our first trip to the Yellowstone area, so we were kind of flying by the seat of our pants as far as patterns and fishing strategies. After about an hour of watching the disparities between our catches and his, we decided to go watch, from a distance though, cause you never want to interfere with a man's fly fishing, it's a rule. We meandered our way down stream, crouched down and started watching the fellow. After a while, the gentlemen noticed our intense study of his fishing techniques and motioned for us to come over. We slowly came down to the river bank and talked to the man for a little while, discussing things such as this being our first trip, our ignorance, the weather, hometowns, and finally his strategy. Turns out he really wasn't doing anything different from us, he was just using a different fly than we had tried. He was using what turned out to be a "Shop-Vac", since then I have found it to be a truly effective fly when looking for a pupa pattern that sinks quickly. The fly is, in Randy Moss's words, "Straight Cash Homey." Needless to say, I don't leave home without a couple of these useful flies in my box, and with the simplicity of tying the pattern, neither should you.
Recipe:
Hook: Tiemco 2487 size-16
Thread: 8/0 Black
Head: 3/32 Gold Beadhead
Body: Pheasant Tail Fibers
Ribbing: Fine Gold Wire
Wing: White Antron
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