Cooper Bug
Hook - TMC3761, DAI1560 or equivalent, sizes 8-14
Thread - Black
Tail, Shellback, and Head - Natural deer hair
Body - Black chenille
Originated by Jack Cooper, this pattern is also referred to as the Cress Bug.
This fly can be tied in a range of body colors, and you are not limited to chenille as a body material.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
From the Internet
Downeaster Jack Cooper invented this simple deer-hair bug
back in the 1930s to catch the brook trout that gobbled caddisflies off the
surface of his local ponds. The fly worked so well that Cooper applied for a
patent. He was denied on the grounds that his bug was too similar to Orley
Tuttle’s Devil Bug.
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