Hook 1X long barbless dry fly hook, #6-16 (tied here in #12)
Thread Brown 70 denier
Materials
Moose body hair (peccary is the original; stiff dark bucktail substitutes) Dark moose body hair (Two fibers for the tail)
Hare's mask fur Natural hare s ear dubbing (Underfur from near the cheek plus a few guard hairs for a buggy body)
Dry fly hackle Brown hackle (One feather, palmered)
Deer body hair (comparadun hair works well) Natural deer hair (A clump the size you would use on an Elk Hair Caddis)
Head cement Clear head cement (A drop)
How to tie it
Lay a brown thread base all the way back to the start of the bend.
Tie in two stiff dark moose body hair fibers as the tail; they will naturally split to either side, or you can lift them and take a wrap underneath. Trim the butts and bury them.
Tie in the brown hackle at the rear, right where the palmering will start, and bind the tip down along the shank.
Wax the thread, spin a fairly tight noodle of hare's mask fur, take the thread back to the bend and dub a buggy body forward to just behind the eye in evenly spaced wraps.
Palmer the hackle forward through the body in evenly spaced turns, then take two or three closer turns at the front for a fuller collar. Tie it off with two wraps and trim as close as you can.
Take the thread back to the front of the hackle and build a small base for the wing.
Stack a clump of deer body hair, measure it a little past the bend (it will flare and shorten), and tie it in with a pinch wrap, holding tight on the near side so it does not spin. Add a wrap or two underneath the hair and a locking wrap on top.
Trim the butts off as close as you can, this is not a bullet head, then push the remaining stubs up with a fingernail and build a small clean head right behind the eye, keeping the eye clear.
Whip finish with three or four turns, add a drop of head cement and spin the fly to even it out.