ScottP,

Thanks for the kind words but I can't take any credit for this fly. This is an old New England pattern I found in Dick Surette's book "Trout and Salmon Fly Index". After seeing your results, I'm going to have to bring it out of storage and into the "active rotation". The red wire helps keep the fly down. I have also seen pattern recipes where the wire is substituted for floss or red yarn.

The book has a little bit of the history of the fly. The pattern was originated in 1971 in the Sebago Lake area. On a trip to Pittsburgh, NH the fly was used on Perry Stream and Indian Stream with great success. One fly took 88 trout in two days of fishing, hence the name.

Alberto Jimeno