Partridge hackle (tail and collar) Brown hen hackle (1 feather plus tail fibres)
Semperfli Dirty Bug Yarn Dirty pale olive (1 length)
Uni Mylar #16 Copper/blue uni mylar (1 strand)
Solarez UV resin Clear uv resin (drop on head)
How to tie it
Slide the copper slotted tungsten bead onto the jig hook and seat it at the eye. Start the thread behind it.
Pinch off brown partridge fibres with the tips lined up and tie in a tail about one shank-length long at the bend. If the bunch is thin, add a matched pinch from the other side of the feather so the lengths stay even.
Tie in the #16 copper/blue Uni Mylar at the bend, blue side up, so the copper face shows when it is wound.
Tie in the Dirty Bug Yarn and bind it down tight along the whole shank to keep the body flat and level.
Wind the yarn forward to just behind the bead and tie off, keeping the head area slightly thin to leave room for the hackle.
Spiral the Mylar forward as a rib and tie it off.
Prepare a brown partridge hackle: stroke the fibres back, tie it in by the tip behind the bead, and take two to three turns with hackle pliers, folding the fibres rearward as you wrap. Tie off.
Build a neat red thread head behind the bead, whip finish, and put a drop of Solarez on the head.