Hook 2X-3X long salmon / steelhead hook, #4-8 steelhead (tied here in #4); #6-8 streamer hook for trout
Thread Red 70 denier (140 is easier for the head)
Materials
Grizzly hen feathers Grizzly hackle (Two matched feathers for the tail, two for the wing, one for the collar)
Floss Red floss (One strand for the rib (heavy thread doubled also works))
Wool yarn Yellow wool yarn (One full four-strand length)
Head cement / UV resin Clear uv resin (A drop)
How to tie it
Lay a red thread base back to a point above the hook point.
Strip the fluff from the bases of two whole grizzly hen feathers, set them concave sides together and tie them in as a long tail. A couple of loose wraps first so they do not spin, then tighter wraps. Bury or trim the butts.
Tie in a strand of red floss at the tail for the rib.
Tie in the yellow wool yarn (use the full four strands on a hook this size) and wrap a smooth, fat body in touching turns forward to just short of the eye, leaving room for the wing, collar and a big head. Trim and lock it in with a couple of extra wraps.
Counter-wrap the red floss rib forward in evenly spaced turns so it sits on top of the wool rather than sinking into its grooves; tie it off.
Take two more grizzly hen feathers, bigger and scragglier than the tail pair, set them concave sides together, and tie them in on top as the wing, catching them in a little back from the eye to leave room for the collar.
Take one more grizzly hen feather with long fibers, catch it in by the tip about three quarters of an inch back from the tip so the first turns lay down long fibers, fold the fibers back and wrap three or four turns as a full collar reaching near the hook point. Tie off and trim.
Push the collar back, build a large red thread head, whip finish carefully and finish with head cement or UV resin.