Craven's Screaming Banshee Caddis

[AllenOK]

Craven's Screaming Banshee Caddis. My wings are still a little on the big side, compared to the front wing. However, I doubt the Bluegill will mind. The two on the bottom left are size 14, the rest are 12's. The one furthest to the right is the first one tied, definitely had wings that are too big.

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[lastchance]

Craven's Screaming Banshee Caddis. My wings are still a little on the big side, compared to the front wing. However, I doubt the Bluegill will mind. The two on the bottom left are size 14, the rest are 12's. The one furthest to the right is the first one tied, definitely had wings that are too big.

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I guess that is a spent caddis pattern?

[Silver Creek]

They look like a variation of the Devil Bug also known as the Cooper Bug. Here is the pattern for the Devil Bug that Gary showed me very early it my fly tying because it was an easy pattern to tie.

http://www.garyborger.com/flies-and-...ing/devil-bug/

Some Devil bugs are tied with hackle to the sides as in the link and image below.

http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/5193887/Devil_Bug_Pictures

[Joe Billingsley]

Craven?s own words describing the Screaming Banshee on his website:

?This is a fun little pattern I came up with last summer designed as a skating caddis pattern. Modeled after some old time steelhead skater patterns, the Banshee features a forward facing planing wing that allows the fly to skate and skitter unlike anything else you've seen. While it does indeed skate wonderfully, the wide profile and surface area provide fantastic flotation for a fly that will stay up all day. The broad profile makes the fly sit low in the surface and even crosses over nicely for a cripple when fished dead drift in the shallow stuff right up on the bank. This is a really fun fly to fish and can be tied in a bunch of colors to match the flavor of your local bugs.?

Joe

[ScottP]

I tied it per Charlie's SBS http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/fly...m?parentID=206








then simplified things using a foam back








and finally adopted a Carnage body variation. This one was my favorite; floated all day and the fish were interested. In orange it was a killer October Caddis pattern










Regards,
Scott

[melk]

Scott, great to see your handiwork again!
Mike

[lastchance]

Great idea with the foam. So maybe a cripple or spent-wing, too. I like it.

[AllenOK]

Thanks everyone. Charlie has a video up about this fly, which I watched. Everything that Joe quoted, Charlie said in the video as well.

This bug was on my list of flies to tie up. I didn't think to note where I saw it. Odds are, Scott, it was from your pictures!