Gotta love Tom Nixon. I have his book, Fly Fishing anf Fly tyiong for Bass and Panfish. I use his patterns or variations of it. I first learned about Tom Nixon when joining Mark Delaney's Tom Nixon fly swap - I think it was his first annual and there were a few that followed.
Some of my favs are California Coachman, Black and Yellow, Montana Nymph, Calcasieu Pigboat, Cooney Coachman and I think the Beau was listed. I received it from Mark and landed a huge bass on it. I was just looking for it the other day.