Blood quill marabou Dull olive (carry several shades of olive and tan) (One bunch for the tail/shellback plus one long feather for the body)
Soft copper wire, small Copper wire (One length for the rib)
Super saddle hackle, very short barbs Burnt orange (One feather (a single feather ties a dozen flies))
How to tie it
Dress the whole shank with thread so the materials do not roll around the hook.
Pinch a bunch of long, soft blood quill marabou fibres off the side of the feather, trim off the poor tips, and tie the bunch in at the rear so the tail is about twice the length of the body; leave the butts long and tied back along the shank. They become the shellback.
Tie in the small soft copper wire at the rear.
Take another long marabou feather, tie it in by the tips at the rear, and trim the tip stubs.
Wrap the marabou forward as a full, herl-like body up to the front of the shank and tie it off.
Tie in the burnt orange saddle hackle at the front and take about four turns working back over the body.
Counter-wrap the copper wire forward through the hackle in evenly spaced turns, taking care not to trap and crush the barbs, then tie it off and trim.
Pull the marabou butts left over from the tail forward over the top of the body as a shellback, tie them down at the head and trim.
Build a good head and whip finish; cement the head.
Lay your scissors along the shank and trim the hackle down at about a 45-degree angle on both sides so the barbs remain only on the underside. This is the critical step: untrimmed, the fly spins and will not swim right.