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Hook: Long-shanked nymph or streamer hook, size 12 to 16. Tiemco 5263, Mustad 9672 or equiv.
Thread: Black 6/0 prewaxed
Weight: Eight to ten wraps of lead wire ( I actually use 12 wraps of lead wire the diameter of the hook shank)
Tail: Short tuft, about half teh shank length, of black rabbit fur (I take mine off Zonker strips)
Underbody: Black Purrr-fect Punch yard, to form a tapered foundation over the lead (I have never found this yarn and do not use an underbody. Instead I use more body material to fill in)
Body: Black dubbing blend of two parts rabbit and one part antron (Hair-tron?). The body is done in two stages. The first third is done and teh hackling done, then teh front two-thirds is wrapped and teh second hackkle palmered in. Basically,hen hackle does not come long enough to do this in one stage an it would be hard to have teh small and larger hackle on one stem.
Hackle: Two webby grizzly hen hackles. The first is hook gap size, very hard to find this small. The second is 1 1/2 hook gap size. I ussually end up with marabou type plumes at teh head. Brush this out with a stiff nylon-bristle brush made from a tooth brush (cut sides off so theere are only two rows of brsitles adn cut bristles to half there original length or there is a gun cleanning brush that is like this) or a velcro brush.
Note: Try an orange tail too or play with other color combinations. One of these follows.
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