Funny; I have a segment of Fly Fish TV taped from some years back featuring Dave Whitlock and Flip Pallot fishing the White River in Arkansas. In a section of Flip's narrative he states, "....and, Dave doesn't get fancy with the flies he uses, he (Dave) says any skuzzy critter a fish will take is just fine..." Thus, the Whitlock "near nuff Skulpin", "near nuff Crawdad", etc.

I've found that a black Wooly Bugger and a Popper are all I need for a days fishing.

Simplify and then simplify again.

Jim