Start the Veevus 14/0 Dun thread and run it down the shank well into the bend, using most of the curve.
Tail: a bundle from the Coq De Leon Tailing Pack (golden badger), tips aligned, measured and bound in at the rear. Bind the butts forward to a little past the halfway point so the body has an even taper, then walk the thread back down.
Body: bind in a Turkey Biot Light Cahill at the rear, run the thread up to where you left off and half hitch it. Wrap the biot forward in hackle pliers with barely touching turns so the flared edge gives segmentation; capture it with the waiting thread and snip the excess.
Dubbing: a noodle of Wapsi Beaver Dubbing Natural built into a quick, picky dubbing ball where the wing will prop against it.
Wing: a small hank of bleached elk hair, cleaned and stacked, then flipped so the tips face forward two or three eye-lengths past the eye. A couple of loose wraps, hold the hair straight up on top so it does not roll around the shank, pull it down, and work up to the eye; then back to the dubbing ball, which props the rear. Clip the butts and let them flare up.
Hackle: a Golden Badger Cape feather, sized well under the gape on this wide-gape hook; strip the barbules. X-wrap it in place, front to back then back to front, so it stands 90 degrees off the shank; capture the stem, bring it forward and clip. Half hitch the thread, trapping the elk hair.
Palmer the hackle: one touching wrap at the rear, then touching wraps forward to the waiting thread. Capture it, sneak under the elk hair and clip the excess.
Pull the elk hair back with a thumb and whip finish underneath it with a midge whip finisher, a few turns behind the eye; this also props the wing up.