Body FrankenDub Nymph Dub, bright olive (1-2 noodles)
Underwing TroutHunter CDC, tan (2 feathers)
Wing Nature's Spirit select cow elk (a pencil thickness)
Head FrankenDub Nymph Dub, black (1 pinch)
Finish UV resin (1 drop)
How to tie it
Start Semperfli waxed 8/0 tan on the shank, run it back to the hook point and cut the tag out.
Fold one strand of Krystal Flash in half twice and cut it to give four strands. Set it on top at the bend and secure it with touching wraps, then tip the hook in the vice and carry the wraps about halfway down the bend, keeping the flash on top. Trim the butts out of the way.
Tie in three or four inches of small gold flat tinsel at the bend.
Dub bright olive FrankenDub Nymph Dub onto the waxed thread as a thin noodle, keeping the first few wraps very sparse to start the taper, then wrap forward with touching wraps, building a deliberately meaty body. Reset the hook straight in the vice as the thread comes over the bend. Recharge with more dubbing as needed rather than loading too much on at once, and finish behind the eye.
Take a two-turn whip finish here, so that ribbing the fly cannot knock the thread and spoil the dubbed body.
Rib forward with the tinsel at moderate tension, taking the first wrap right at the base of the body and pushing it back up if it slides, pulling firmly into the dubbing to create the segmentation.
Pick two TroutHunter CDC feathers of matching length, line the tips up with the concave sides the same way, and tie them in one hook-eye's width behind the eye with a couple of securing wraps underneath, leaving room for a head. Trim the butts.
Brush a pencil thickness of select cow elk to remove underfur, pinch it about a third up towards the tips to pull out the short stragglers, then stack it. Set the tips a little longer than the CDC and lock the wing down with securing wraps, still pinching it so it stays on top of the shank, then take a few wraps hard in front to stand the head up. The wing is deliberately oversized. It is what holds the fly up while the body rides low.
Dub a small amount of black Nymph Dub on the thread, push the elk hair up with your left hand and take a couple of wraps tight underneath it.
Whip finish with three turns and cut the thread.
Hold the butt ends out at 45 degrees and snip them off to form the head, catching all the fibres.
Separate the wing from the head, drop a small bead of UV resin down into the join, let it soak in a moment, lift the wing up and cure it there, this sets the wing angle and keeps the elk hair from pulling out.