Start the black thread and carry it with the medium gold oval tinsel around the bend. Wind four or five turns of oval at the rear as the tag, the classics called for five; this is a fishing fly, so do not fuss.
Strip the fluff from a reddish golden pheasant breast feather, gather the fibres, and tie in a tail that curves slightly upward. Half-hitch.
Dub the rusty brown seal/Ice Dub blend into a buggy body up the shank. A dubbing loop helps with seal; Brent spins it on with the rotary vise. Keep it rough.
Carry the same gold oval forward as the rib in evenly spaced turns and clip it off close behind the eye.
Brush the body out and preen the fibres back so the seal fur veils the rib.
For the throat, take a smaller reddish breast feather from the golden pheasant, turn the fly (or hold the fibres under), and tie it in so the fibres sweep back to about the hook point. Clip the butts.
Cut a section of bronze mallard with brown tips, remove the stem, and roll it together in your fingers, preening it into a single folded bunch. No married left-and-right slips needed.
Set the rolled wing low over the body: bring the thread up between your fingertips under tension to seat it without splitting. Trim the butts.
Build a neat head, whip finish, clear any resin from the eye with a hackle stem, coat the head with Solarez, and cure.