Jeff Taylor wrote:
He said it is a very good pattern in still water and slack water
river conditions.


One August, hot mid-day, I was fishing a strong boulder-strew run on
the upper Credit in Ontario. It was usually good for 2 or 3 good
browns on a caddis. No luck. A polite fisherman appeared and turned
around when he saw me there, but I invited him to try his luck. He took
3 browns with a fly I had never seen, a water boatman he called it. I
still have the one he gave me.

The body is herl, the top from front to end sparsely covered with with
some sort ot mottled gray barby feather. There is a single black
spent-wing made from piece of rubber inner tube and a bit of gold at
the end of the body.

Cheers