Body Micro UV Polar Chenille, chartreuse (original: olive) (1 piece)
Thorax Micro Polar Chenille, black (3-4in)
How to tie it
Slide a shiny black tungsten bead onto an Allen N203BL. Use the heaviest hook you are comfortable with. The N203 is heavier than the otherwise similar N204, and on an anchor fly that matters.
Put on about fourteen wraps of 0.015 lead wire, pinch off the ends and tuck them under. Push the lead up against the bead, then pull it back a fraction to leave a small gap. That gap is the tie-off point for most of the materials.
Start black 6/0 thread at that gap and lay a thread base over the lead, concentrating on smooth transitions at both ends, then run the thread to the rear.
Tie in a pre-cut strip of mottled oak Thin Skin at the rear, making sure it lies dead straight so it will sit centred when you pull it over.
Tie in the 3X fluorocarbon rib next.
Tie in a short section of chartreuse Micro UV Polar Chenille as close to the other materials at the rear as you can, then run the thread forward.
Wind the chenille forward with each wrap as close to the last as possible, no black thread or lead should show underneath. Take it about three-quarters of the way and tie it off with a few wraps.
Cut three or four inches of black Micro Polar Chenille, grip it in hackle pliers and wind it forward as the thorax, again keeping the wraps tight together and stroking the fibres back so as many as possible stand out. Rotate the vice and check the underside before tying off with a couple of wraps behind and in front of the bead.
Bring the Thin Skin straight over the top and lock it in with a few wraps.
Bring the fluorocarbon forward with one wrap at the rear and then evenly over the body and wing case as the rib, and tie it off behind and in front of the bead.
Extend the thread a fraction, put in one half hitch, stroke any forward-facing fibres back and place a wrap in front of them, then whip finish and add a little head cement.