Wadaya call that fly?

That's a fair question, and I wish I knew the answer.  The fly in question is one that was given to me by a fellow angler along the No Kill section of Wiscoy Creek about a year ago.  I was just arriving and he was just leaving. He connected with a few of the wild browns and showed me what he caught them on.

The fly I saved

He said he's been tying these flies for years and has great success with them, but didn't really have a name for them or could tell me exactly what they were supposed to imitate - but they worked!  He pick a couple of them out of a fly box and gave them to me and wished me luck.  Not to be out done - I picked out two of my favorite fly that I tie and returned his favor.  I'm not sure if he ever used the DFB Con flies I gave him, but that afternoon, the fly with no name accounted for most of my action until I lost one on a snag.

This is my DFB Con Fly - Con for "Confidence" - I gave him a matched  set

I refused to use and lose the second one and since I'm headed to the Wiscoy this weekend, it was time to tie a few.  It looks really simple, but it took a couple tries before I figured out the right combination of dubbing material and realized that I needed to make a dubbing loop to properly wrap the fly.  The photos that follow show how I tied it - on a #10 scud hook, and I apologize for the photography - I used my cell phone camera and the photos leave a bit to be desired on many counts - But, here they are anyway:

#10 scud hook, black thread, black tungsten bead - set foundation for bead first

Tie the thread back on and wind down to middle of bend 

I combined Senyo black laser dubbing (left) with rabbit fur dubbing to try and match the original

Blend to form one unified color - well, sort of unified

Dubbing in a dubbing loop prior to spinning

Spun dubbing ready to wrap

Wrapped down to middle of bend and then back up

Whip Finish

Finished fly

Looks good to me - but I'm not a trout - we'll see tomorrow

And tomorrow, I'm going to see if this little no name fly is still on the menu for the wild (no stocking on the Wiscoy) brown trout of Wiscoy Creek.  And, if anyone knows what it is (could be a scud, stone fly in it's case, or any number of critters) or has a name for it - please let me know what you think.

Thank you!

Dave