Craven's Screaming Banshee

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.
Recipe
Hook: #12 - 18 Tiemco 2487
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Thread: Uni 8/0, Camel Brown
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Forward Wing: Yearling Elk Hair
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Body: Pearl Flashabou
Thorax: Brown Superfine Dubbing
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Over Wing: Yearling Elk Hair
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