Materials
- Hook: Partridge double black salmon hook size #6 or 8
- Thread: 8/0 black uni-thread or equivalent
- Rib: Medium oval silver
- Body: Black floss
- Wing: Black squirrel hair or black bucktail
- Underwing: Yellow squirrel hair or yellow bucktail
- Hackle: Orange cock hackle
- Cheeks: Jungle cock
- Head: Varnished black thread
Tying Notes
- Set up hook in vice.
- Tie in the thread with a jam knot and run touching turns down the hook shank.
- Tie in oval silver.
- Tie in black floss and wrap the floss to from the body, stopping about 4mm from the eye of the hook.
- Wind (4 or 5) silver oval tinsel ribbing with an angle of 45 degrees and tie off near to hook eye.
- Tie in an orange cock hackle, false beard style.
- Cut a small bunch of yellow squirrel hair (or yellow bucktail ) approximately twice the length of hook and tie in as the underwing.
- Cut a small bunch of black squirrel hair ( or black bucktail ) approximately twice the length of the hook and tie in the wing.
- Start to form a small head from the black thread.
- Tie in a jungle cock feather on each side of the head, ensure they are level each side.
- Complete the head with the black thread, whip finish and apply three coats of varnish, allow each to dry before applying the next.