Speaking of the Crackleback............in the mid-90's my buddy and I flew into Denver and drove all over Colorado fly fishing. One place we went was Steamboat Springs. We fished the stream right on the edge of town. Nothing was happening for us. In sort of desperation, I tied on a crackle back. Normally, I fish them as dries. This day, after the swing, I started stripping the fly back in quite quickly. Boom!! Nice trout. It kept up for quite a while. It got to the point where I would see the wake of the trout chasing the fly being stripped back in. That is an exciting feeling........seeing the wake chasing your fly as it is stripped in..
That fly saved my day that day.