"Bottom line, my flies are usually highly designed, with lots of thought-out triggers, and I try hard to make them look really nice, as well.
This pattern was barely more than an afterthought, admittedly with a specific design trigger, but simply put, it's nothing special to look at!!
Don't let that fool you, like it normally would have me - this bug truly is something special, in my experience.
If you have a good caddis hatch (or dying egg-layer swarms) on a stream near you, give this a shot...shoot, if you just have FISH in a local river, tie one of these on and dead-drift it down, I think you may be pleasantly surprised!"
- Signature Tyer Mike Mercer
