Hook Streamer hook, 3X long or longer (5X used here), #6-8 (tied here on a #8)
Thread Black 70 denier
Materials
Mylar tinsel, medium (Danville #14) Silver oval tinsel (One length for the body)
Bucktail White bucktail (One thinned clump for the underwing)
Bucktail Red bucktail (One thinned clump over the white)
Peacock herl Natural peacock herl (Three strands for the topping)
Head cement Clear, glossy (A good dollop on the head)
How to tie it
Mount a #8 5X long streamer hook and run a smooth thread base all the way back to the bend.
Cut mylar tinsel at a slight angle and tie it in silver side toward the hook with as few wraps as possible, keeping the underbody flat and smooth; add a half hitch.
Wrap the tinsel forward in touching turns, use the rotary function if you can, taking real care with the first turn, since a smooth first wrap makes all the rest easy; tie it off well behind the eye with a couple of tight wraps and bury the tip.
Set the thread where the back of the head will be. Take a clump of white bucktail twice as big as you need, pull out the crazy long hairs one at a time, then grip it by the tips and repeatedly pull the short hairs out. That thins it by half and evens the tips without a stacker.
Measure the white wing about a third of the hook length past the bend, hold it tight and set it with two pinch wraps, then tighter wraps, keeping it on top; trim the butts at an angle for a taper.
Prepare a matching clump of red bucktail the same way and tie it in at the same point. The dyed hair is hollower and wants to flare, so keep the first wrap soft and tighten as you work forward.
If the hair starts creeping around the shank, take the thread back, lift all the hair up and take one wrap under it, then one wrap around just the hair, to lock it on top.
Take the thread to the middle of the head, lay three strands of peacock herl on top as a topping the same length as the bucktail, and secure them with several wraps before trimming.
Build a good sized streamer head, whip finish with four or five turns, pull the tag perpendicular and slide the scissors in to cut it flush, then add a big dollop of glossy head cement.
Finally, run your bodkin under the three peacock strands, press your thumb on top and pull gently to curl them so they sweep down over the wing.