Hook 2X-3X long wet fly or streamer hook, #8-12 (tied here on a #12)
Thread Peacock blue 70 denier
Materials
Lead-free wire, 0.015 Silver lead free wire (A few wraps)
Floss Red floss (Two wraps for the tag)
Ringneck pheasant shoulder feather fibers Brown pheasant tail fibers (About 15 for the tail, a few more for the wing)
Wire, brassie Yellow or gold wire brassie (One length for the rib)
Rabbit dubbing Brown dubbing (Two applications for the body)
Wool yarn, single strand Red poly bear fibers (One strand for the throat)
Head cement or varnish Clear head cement (One drop)
How to tie it
Mount the #12 2X long wet fly hook and put a few wraps of 0.015 wire over the middle of the shank, just enough to fish it a little under the surface, not to sink it fast.
Start peacock blue thread, build small dams front and back of the weight, and take the thread to the rear.
Tie in red floss and take two turns for a slim tag right at the rear, tying it off where the tail will sit; the fuzzy butt will be covered by dubbing.
Tie in a substantial bunch of brown ringneck pheasant shoulder fibres, around 15, as a tail about one body-length long, and use the butts to help fill the space in front of the wire wraps.
Tie in yellow wire at the rear for the rib.
Wax the thread, spin on brown rabbit dubbing and wrap a tapered body forward in two applications, stopping short enough to leave room for the throat, wing and a big head.
Wind the yellow wire forward in evenly spaced turns, take two or three good locking wraps at the front, and helicopter the tag off under tension.
Split a single strand of red wool from a three-strand yarn, tie it in under the shank as a throat coming straight off the bottom, and trim it to about the hook point; fluff it out with velcro or a bodkin.
Take a bunch of longer fibres from one of the same pheasant shoulder feathers, a little more than you used for the tail, set them on top with any natural curve bending down, and tie them in as a wing ending at the end of the tail; snip the butts.
Build a big, smooth peacock blue head, the head is the whole point of this fly, whip finish with four turns and add a drop of varnish.