When I saw this on the NGTO forum I immediately thought of FishnDave and some of his patterns. I have not tried this but fully intend to remedy that. Apparently this is a pretty good fly on the Hooch for trout, but I am thinking crappie will also be a fan of this pattern. The pattern below is a cut and paste from NGTO. I hope you enjoy it.
Hook - shown on #8 TMC 5263 2x heavy, 3x long, but any streamer hook size 4-10, 2x to 4x long.
Thread - Tan or gray 70 Denier or 6/0 Uni
Eyes - X-small dumbs in the color of your choice
Body - Sivler, Gold, or green
Flash. I used Kreinik Metalic Flash in a tube cause it has some re-inforcing threads and it bulks up.
Head - Thread with SHAN
Great fly for backcountry snook (with a saltwater hook; I use danville mono to tie it). That Kreinik product is great. If you can’t find it, Flashabou works just about as well; copper and gold is a nice combo, too.
To give credit where due, I was trying to duplicate Rick Z’s “Goldie Jr” awhile back. Pretty similiar to the pattern above, except Rick uses a bead for weight rather than the barbell eyes.
Trout DO definitely love flash sometimes. And something like this Rolex should also be a great pattern for White Bass/Wipers, which are notorious lovers of flashy chrome!
I believe the tying of the Kreelex rose has a few less thorns, there was pictorial tutorial on tying the Rolex on the forum. The tyer did not use the doubling of the material prior to binding it. That appears to be much easier techniqu, probably doubly more wasteful of material however. Pretty much the same fly otherwise. I betting that is not the first time a fly has been called by different names in different places. It appears to me 2/3 of the nymphs are some variation of a pheasant tail nymph.
There have been many instances where what I thought were moments of divine inspiration turned out to have been discovered years before by just about everybody else.
