If you try to find any information about Chuck online, you'll only come up with a few articles about him getting in some legal trouble because of some selfish landowners were trying to use obsolete British crown grants to prevent people from fishing on "their land" without paying fees. But you'll also come up with several articles attesting to the fish-catching abilities of his flies (such as this one about his C.K. nymph). Obviously, the man knows how to tie a mean fly.
I have yet to get my hands on a C.K. nymph or a C.K. baitfish. But I have definitely seen the ability of his Kreelex flies and Claw-dads to catch fish. In my opinion, the Kreelex and the Claw-dad are great for catching monster trout and bass. When all else fails, a Kreelex will catch 'em. Locally, the stores sell out of Kreelexs extremely quickly. So if you head to the Albemarle Angler or Mossy Creek and they're available, load up on 'em while you can. Or you can go ahead and hit up his website and purchase them online.
If however, you are into fly tying like myself, you may want to try and throw together a Kreelex on your own. The Trow brothers were kind enough to put together a Youtube video with great instructions... (just be sure to use Kreinex flash and not your typical flashabou... the Kreinex seems to have much better strength and looks a lot more lively in the water.)
As for how to fish a Kreelex, you can practically use any kind of streamer retrieve with them. Personally, I'll fish it downstream and across with either a slow retrieve or a fast jerky retrieve to mimic a minnow trying to evade a predator. Just from this past weekend, I was having more luck with the 'bows at the Moorman with a slow retrieve until I was able to catch a fish's attention, at which point I started to speed up my retrieve to entice them to bite. It really is amazing to watch a predatory trout just go nuts over an escaping streamer.
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