Lead wire, .020 n/a (About 12 wraps over the mid shank)
Blood quill marabou Burnt orange (A thin bunch stripped off the side of the quill)
Holographic Flashabou Fuchsia holographic flashabou (A few strands tied in a V over the tail)
Copper wire Copper wire (One length for the rib)
Micro-barb saddle hackle (Metz) To complement the body (One feather, sized not oversized)
Seal fur (or seal substitute) Olive ice dub (Enough for a dubbed body)
How to tie it
Wind about 12 wraps of.020 lead wire over the middle of the shank and cover it with a thread base so it cannot slide. Keep the weight mid-shank rather than all at the front so the fly does not undulate too much.
Pinch a thin bunch of burnt orange blood quill marabou off the side of the feather and tie it in at the bend for a sparse tail. This fly is deliberately lightly tailed.
Tie a few strands of fuchsia holographic Flashabou over the top of the tail in a V.
Tie in the copper wire rib at the rear.
Tie in the micro-barb saddle hackle at the front by the butt, cut the excess and put a half hitch in.
Dub the olive seal fur onto the thread and wrap a shaggy body from the tail forward to just behind the eye.
Palmer the hackle back over the body: one or two complete turns at the front, then four evenly spaced turns working to the rear, giving four distinct segments - Denny Rickards was firm that it should be four, not five.
Counter-wrap the copper wire forward through the hackle to the head, tie it off and helicopter the tag away.
Pick the seal fur out with a dubbing brush so it stands out between the hackle segments.
Build a small head, whip finish and add head cement.