A Fly I Tied with Materials I Wanted to Use Up

So there I was with some dumbbell eyes that had some paint chipped off (can't use these on flies for customers), a limited amount of materials (lots of materials on the way though), and a fly that I was going to tie for myself.  I wanted to use up some materials that I don't use very much but wanted to make something that would catch fish.  It took me awhile to put this puzzle together.

I started off with some olive materials because I like fishing with olive streamers.  I had just enough light olive laser dub, olive rabbit strips with black tips, and dark olive laser dub to tie one fly.  I don't use this color of rabbit strip very often and I don't really care for the light olive laser dub so I wanted to use them up just to be rid of them.  I have a bunch of other fly tying materials that I don't use but they didn't fit the theme of this build.  

Overall, I used a rabbit strip with black tips, light olive marabou, a light olive rabbit strip, black sili legs, light olive laser dub, olive laser dub, large red dumbbell eyes, and olive thread.  The fly is a variant on Bennet's Lunch Money.  It's a fly that I have caught a lot of largemouth bass and a few smallmouth bass on.  As a result, I have a lot of confidence in this fly.  I have so much confidence in this fly that I sell it in my online store as well.  The taper, the profile, and the action make it, well, I would say lethal, but I'm a catch and release guy.

I tend to employ darker colors on the tops of my streamers and lighter colors on the bottom.  In scientific terms, I believe this is called countershading.  It's probably the side of me that is a trout angler that attempts to "match the hatch".  I use countershading because that's the coloration scheme that most fish utilize.  When trout anglers are on the water, they try to make their flies the same size, profile, and color of the current trout's prey.  I'm just trying to use the same tactic.  

So while I don't tend to lean towards monochromatic color schemes very often, I do make a few exceptions.  Black, white, and olive are colors that I will use throughout an entire fly.  I like all black for stained water, white for clear water, and olive for both.  After looking this fly over, I think I accomplished both of my goals.  I used up some materials that I didn't have a need for anymore and produced a fly that I think will catch fish.  Now all I need is for some fish to let me know what they think!