Banksia Bug (Tying Video)

Banksia Bug (formerly known as the Patchouli Pupa)
"I began tying this fly to imitate the masses of free-living caddis larva in all my home waters here in Colorado and elsewhere in trout streams all over the West. I have rarely found good commercially available flies that can fill this niche. And its a very productive flyprobably because this particular caddis larva is a notoriously poor swimmer, often getting swept away in the current, making it an easily recognizable food organism and makes up a large portion of a trouts diet."
"I have found this pattern to work well in rivers with an abundance of small to medium-size stonefly nymphsleading me to believe my fly is suggestive enough for trout to mistake it for any number of long-bodied aquatic insects. With this in mind, I am now using this fly in lakeswith equal success! I was hoping it could double as a case maker caddis larva, but have found it works exceptionally well in lakes with a lot of active damselflies." -- Jay Zimmerman

Look for this fly from Umpqua Feather Merchants in the Fall of 2010...or ask for it at your home fly shop!

(Notethe Banksia is a knarly tree native to eastern Australia, named after Sir Joseph Banks (botanist cir. 1800s). A very popular childrens book Snuggle Pot & Cuddle Pie an Australian version of The Wizard of Oz features a creepy, evil character called a Banksia Manthat looks like the cone from the Banksia tree.)
Hook: TMC 200R
Bead: Black tungsten
Wire: X-Small black UTC and Small olive UTC
Thread: Lt. Cahill and Olive
Legs: Gadwall
Thorax: Dk. grey ostrich herl and Whitlocks SLF dubbing (hellgramite)

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[TheFlymanJim]

This Looks great I'm going to give them a try!

[flyfish108]

Zimmerman, Do you think the Banksia would work well in a larger size like a 8-10 for Anchor Fly while Polish nymphing/

[meversmannpa]

beautiful looking fly. Going to have to tie up a couple of these and try them. Thank you