The Beard Louse is the quintessential carp fly. While it is easy to add a dumbbell eye to a fly to ensure it rides hook point up, it took some extra effort to create a fly that lands with the hook kicked up the way this does, in the perfect carp sucking-i
This pattern utilizes a thin rubber abdomen for extra "wiggle" on the water, and has a foam head, with realistic eyes, that keeps the fly floating high, and looking real.