Start thread behind the eye and wrap to the bend. Tie in six palest blue dun fibers as the tail, one shank length long.
Tie in two or three natural heron herls at the bend.
Wind the herls forward in touching turns to the 70% mark for a softly grey, subtly segmented body. Heron's watery grey is the exact shade of the natural's abdomen.
Tie in two snipe or pale starling slips upright and divided at the 70% mark.
Wind 4-5 turns of palest blue dun hackle around the wing base.