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This is a pattern not really talked about. In fact I have not found any information on it in print anywhere although you can find it, or a version of it in just about every shop that sells flies. Nothing much to say about it. A Black body of clipped deer hair. Clipped flat on the bottom and the top in a hemispherical shape. I find the cut deer hair version works a lot better than the other commercial versions available. The hackle should be trimmed so that the fly sits flat in the water and gives a very good profile to the fish. Whether it is taken as a beetle who can say but it works in such a variety of situations that I don't really care. I have used it from seasons beginning to end in various sizes and caught fish. All of my fishing is conducted on the stillwaters of the Central Highlands of Tasmania and I never fish rivers so can only offer this information in relation to lake fishing. Despite its name I have not had much success on Great Lake with it. Most of the time we are either fishing windlanes at first light or mudeyes at night when there and so haven't really given that much of a chance but nevertheless it has not done well there. If anyone has any details of were it originated and how it got its name I would be most interested.