The Crackleback - may be the best name of all. 

This fly was absolutely amazing for big cutthroat last weekend! Thanks for the inspiration and instruction!

Nice , dressed up Griffith gnat . The purple looks really nice:-)

That a go to fly here in Missouri!! Its really popular at Bennett Spring state park. Good fly, I fish it alot. I fond it's best fished under the surface!! Trout and smallmouth love it. I have even caught Shad on it!!!

Originally from St. Louis and shopping at Feather Craft, this was one of the first dry flies I've tied. ABSOLUTLEY works!!! Another Easy Peasy winner!

I'm a big Feather-Craft fan and appreciate the story for a cool (and easy!) fly. Thanks!

For some reason I always thought this was a southern Appalachian fly pattern. Glad you set that one straight, Matt.

Hey thanks Matt that's a really nice one even I can do that

Looks like a fantastic looking Palmer Worm variant of at least a close decendant! Love that these can be fished dry and wet on the same cast! Thanks for the inspiration! Going to put a few in my fly box! Cheers Matt!

The blue crackleback is a common favorite in the Bennett Spring/Niangua River area of Missouri. Well, people I've talked to at least. I've tied a few bankside and passed them out. Lol they absolutely work! Easy, effective little fly!

Nice job Matt love those simple patterns. Thank you

Cool little fly there! I've shopped Feather Craft several times online. I never noticed that they have an actual catalog they mail out. I'm old fashioned, I like to page through catalogs. Thanks for the tip Matt!

I was giving your question on the type of dubbing some thought when you gave up the answer. After listening to the history on the pattern and tying it, you looked and sounded like you were having a howling good time. Bravo Zulu.

One of the greatest lies, never fails my mentor Charlie ebling fishes it and has never had it fail his friends have never had it fail and he came from Minnesota this way fishing it. It's a simple fly but I great one. Matt thank you for tying it for the other viewers it's something perfect and easy very fishable for both beginners and experience a lot. You're awesome, your channel is awesome, I always love enjoying your videos your personality and your drive to keep fly tying and expensive art. Your friend Luke

One thing that stood out in their catalog was Ed’s words of wisdom and fishing advice.Their catalog is great but I do miss Ed’s input.This pattern works everywhere no matter what the water condition.Good choice,Matt.

Always like your videos, i like a person that ties flies for fish and not only for the eyes of the fishermen's... Great video has always Matt 👌

Really slick looking fly. And easy to tie from the comments it looks to be a fish catcher! I will tie a few up and see what it can catch. Thanks Matt !

I’m going for pink because that’s what my local trout seem to like, but I’m going to tie a nice variety. Thanks for all you do for us Matt.

Good morning Matt! I love it! I get a little bit intimidated by tying dry flies but I think I can do this one!!

I seen this in the catalog and was on my next to make! Thanks another great fly!

Very nice Matt!! I’ll definitely give this a try!! Thanks for the shout out for Feather Craft Fly Shop, I’m going to check them out!! Thanks for sharing Matt!!

Hey Matt I really like this fly, we dont have coyote here but we do have possum so will give that a go.

Always my first choice in a searching fly. I've been using the Crackleback for many years because like you said it works and is a quick easy tie.

I have seen pictures of this fly and thought I'm going to try tying some up, I guess it is time to try tying some up Thanks for the video Matt

One of the first flies I ever tied. Make a great warm water fly

thanks matt. and as always i will be watching. see ya joe

I shop at Feather Craft! I have met Bob Story. A National treasure!

Nice. Beautiful work

Probably 20 years ago, I stared tying and fishing a modified version of a Crackleback and your video is very close to what I tie and fish. In fact, with the exception of a Red Palmer (red thread; solid peacock body and brown saddle hackle), those are pretty much the only dry flies I fish. Awhile back, I tied Cracklebacks with 16 or 18 different colored bodies and found that the two colors that worked best in the Wisconsin and Michigan waters that I fish, were a Light Olive (Pale Evening Dun Superfine dubbing) or Pale Yellow (Pale Morning Dun Superfine Dubbing)! Size 14 (and a few size 12) Daiichi 1190 barbless hooks are used mainly; the two Superfine dubbings; two strands of green peacock herl; black thread; but I use a Whiting saddle hackle (instead of a cape hackle) with 3 turns of tightly wound hackle at the end of the hook shank with 6 1/2 hackle turns before doing a whip finish. When tying in the saddle hackle, I place the long, concave end of the hackle against the end of the hook away from me so that when the 3 turns are made, a slight brown tail is made. With these 9 1/2 hackle turns, this fly floats like a cork. Lastly, many years ago, I found a reference to a reference to a Frederic Halford dressing called an “Olive Palmer” that used an olive colored body with a palmered brown hackle BUT the peacock herl was used as a ribbing under the palmered hackle.

I didn't realize how to measure hackel until a few videos back of yours, amazing what someone can learn from a savage.

Reminds me of an pattern that is supposed to be a dry fly that simulates a ball of Adult Midges breeding. On which I got a vicious strike on a creek near Hagerstown. Neat pattern Matt, thanks for Sharing.

This is my go to shop here in STL, James and his Dad Tom take great care of me. On their recommendation I have tied many of these, and have had great success with them.

Favorite pattern as I learned to fly fish in St. Louis and frequented Feather Craft. The original crackleback body is dyed turkey although many people tie variants.

I like it! Again simple and buggy.

Thank you Matt

Good morning Matt. ☕️. Nice and easy pattern today. Didn’t freeze last night and we’re getting a little rain. Most of our snow has left but still lots north of here my son tells me. Time for another ☕️. Take care Matt and have a great week.

Wow! Looks really buggy and a super easy tie! Guess what I’ll be tying tonight?

Another easy fly to do, for some reason it reminds me of a wolly worm, which is another good fly to tie using different colors. Thanks for sharing Matt. 👍.

Nice. I’ve even tied it with the herl on the bottom. My fave is natural with grizzly. They all work. Genius simple fly. Thank you.

Thanks Matt I'm going to make some of these for my May Texas trip. Once again I appreciate the simplicity of the fly, have a blessed day my friend.

Good Morning Sir Matt,very nice ty, keep them coming. Nice color choice

Nice tie. A really great pattern on Eastern streams. Glad you showed it.

Good morning Matt☕️☕️ That was beautiful and simple a lot to be said about that. And was so relaxing and my coffee and enjoyed. You and the family stay safe and well👍

I love tying flys like these this is another awesome one Matt!!

Love the look of this one. Thanks for showing how simple it is to tie. I never would've tried this one by just looking at the picture.

Wow that seems to be a pretty easy one to tie. But sure looks great when finished. Another great fly that could be done in many color combinations. Thank you Matt for this video. Great tying job Sir.

OK, never would have guessed coyote! Also, this was good timing as I have been wanting to tie this pattern. Have a good day, this was a good start to mine.

Cool intro I like this pattern , one of the first I learned to tie Thanks

Tks Matt 4 this variation. I look 4wrd 2 trying this on local rivers/crks n will variate the colors the c what strikes. God Bless n fish on!

Nice fly Matt and they don't get much more simple. I could maybe see a tail on that one for a variation. Keep the good stuff coming.

Morning Matt. That is a great fly for beginners. It was one of my beginners. I like the color. That may be the fly to go for in Pyramid. Thanks, I forgot about this one.

Great looking fly Matt. Easy enough for a beginner to do and get good at.

Great job Matt.They work well.I have a few in my box.I got my Feather Craft catlog two Mounths ago.Have a great week. Ken

Nice job Matt, this pattern is a go to fly at some of our trout parks. Nice to see how to tie it and the history about it's origin.

That fly is as old as me, and my back crackles too! Nice one Matt, great tip on number of hackle wraps for surface fishing. I'm surprised you didn't use the turkey round fibers that Story used for the body. I still can't figure out if it's the biot side of the wing quill, doesn't look like it on the video of Story tying it. And I think the "rounds" are secondary feathers and the biots come from the leading edge of the primary feather, right? But I've seen them tied with a biot body too. Guess it doesn't matter, all kinds of materials are used for the body. Very close to the Woolly Worm any way. Or the offspring of a Woolly and Griffith's Gnat ;o) That reminds me, I haven't had a Bulletin/catalog since 2020, I must be getting the wrong "cookies". Thanks Matt, great classic! 🤓👍

Nice and easy

Nicely tied and a great pattern. I fish these in a olive or a orange dubbing also I'll use a white dry fly hackle. Caught many trout with this pattern. Thanks for sharing

Thanks Matt, I really appreciate the tie, looks like a good one for my waters.

Good morning sir Matt. This is one of my favorites. I keep a few in different colors in my box all the time. The colors that work well for me are black beaver body with a red grizzly hackel. Thank you for sharing one of my favorites. Have a great day and stay safe my friend.

Very cool pattern, thanks a bunch matt

Fun & easy to tie and a great history lesson to boot. Thanks Matt.

An old favorite for pocket water brook trout

I like It. Simple and easy to tie. Thanks Matt!

Great flies. Easy to tie and fish love em. Thx Matt.

looking at flies and found one that I would like to see you tie. It is called the "Thomas Roos - Foam Caddis Pupae". Thanks and stay safe!

I like the old fly names. I guess all the names have already been taken, and now the pattern names are just getting crazy.

Hi Matt. Recently new subscriber here. Enjoying your channel a lot. Thank you so much. Question would it be bad to add a thin counter wrapped wire for toughness?

Real Cool, Matt.. What do you typically use for wax? also what , if any are unacceptable?.. Thanks, as always, Greg

Hi matt how do you tye in a dry fly hackle?thanks for your help and awesome vids Kritter

Hmm. Seeing back & crackle in the same word makes me nervous exactly as Joe Duca noted. I’ve been aware of this fly for a long time but never tried to tie or fish it. Since it’s tied as a dry fly, I wonder why the designer added herl on the back where a fish wouldn’t see it from underneath while looking up. Perhaps he first intended it as an underwater fly from the start? The folks who have fished the Crackleback & added comments to this video heartily endorse it, so maybe I should put this on my to-do list. Thanks, Matt.

Here in Missouri we time real skimpy

Request: can you tie an old pattern, the Gerbubble, out of deer hair? Thanks in advance.

Matt, can peacock swords be used in place of the herl? Thanks for the informative videos.

Purple dubbing. Is it Snowflake hair?