Nope, its of British origin, tied with poly styrene eyes wrapped in panty hose nylon on a bugger body-actually pretty easy to tie. It is a stillwater flyfisher's staple over there; the cut bows in Amador tear into them and actually rip them apart. They are used on a sink tip or floating line with weight to get them down a few feet. As they are stripped they are pulled downward by the weight. If you pause the strip for a few seconds, they start to rise because of the styrofoam. The trout usually take them when they start to rise. You only need to go down a few feet because the C_B are usually near the top. Its called a Booby (named by a sexist male fisherman most likely). PM your address and I'll mail them to you.

Steve

Don't konw about success on other still waters' I personally have only used them on Amador. You do need a vise. A friend, who tied these-I don't tie anymore-has used them in England for rainbows. If they work for you, I might talk him into doing some more.

The shallow cruising behavior of the C-B in winter I think is the key to their success in Amador. They are fragile and a 4-10 lb CB usually tears them up-one fly/one fish. I have the tying instructions from a book by  Peter Gathercole that I can scan and post if anyone is interested.

Steve

ya i would love to get the ingrediants for this fly. bet if you changed it up and put a weighted eye peice instead of a foam it would make for a great steelhead fly. especially the white pearl one with a red beaded eye. or just a smaller one for the tahoe streams and rivers i have ok luck up there with woollies. i might just have to adjust the booby and make it a brian booby bugger.

thats actually has a nice ring to it.

PLACING ORDERS NOW FOR

BRIANS BOOBY BUGGERS.

HAHAHA

I CRACK ME UP. HAD ONE TO MANY BEERS AT WORK. OH WELL.

sweet

Brian: any fish today from Amador? Just to prove "old school"-defintion, out of date, obsolete- can catch fish, I attach pics of 2 from today-not spectacular, 10" and 12"-had 2 others closer to 14", but damn camera dropped its battery pack into water. These are not diseased fish; the low sun is shining through the netting and casting a shadow. Rematch come Tuesday?

An easier way to tie the Booby is to use Rainey's Float Foam for the "eyes". Stuffing the styro balls into panty hose is way too time consuming.

I just cut a section of medium or large Float Foam and lash it on the hook as if they were dumbell eyes. You can paint eyes on the ends if you want. You don't need to shape the foam just cut it straight. Tie a woolly bugger tail and body and you are finished.

It is a kick to watch the action of this fly. It kind of shimmies on the rise. I like to use a no-name loop to attach the fly to the leader.

My favorite Amador color is olive krystal chenille body, olive grizzly hackle, olive or brown tail, yellow float foam eyes. Sometimes purple works.

Works really well on shallow flats with a full sink line and a short leader. Let the line settle on the bottom, give it a strip (it dives), and pause (it rises), repeat and hold on.