Start olive thread on a size 10 Daiichi 1760 and tie in a chunk of guinea fowl for the tail, about a hook point in length. Keep the same feather to hand. Its fibres serve as the legs later too.
Tie in medium opal tinsel and set it aside, then tie in the Fintex body wool, keeping the underbody even and leaving roughly the front 30-40% clear for everything that follows.
Wrap the Fintex forward to your stopping point, tie it off, snip it out and wrap back a little to secure. Leaving that front space clear now is what saves you from a crowded head at the end.
Rib the opal tinsel forward in about four wraps and lock it down. The Mirage rib is the modern flash added to an old pattern, and it is the entire difference between this and the original.
Peel guinea fibres off the side of that same feather with the tips lined up, flip the fly over, lay them in and tie them down as legs on the underside, then wrap back to push them out at the right angle.
Tie in about twenty pheasant tail fibres as the first wing, reaching back to roughly the midpoint of the tail, then set a golden pheasant body feather curve-side-down over it and pinch downward so the feather folds around and wraps down both sides. The two feathers blend into one mottled wing.
Tie in a single strand of peacock herl and build a good sized head, tie off with tight wraps, pull down on the bobbin and yank the herl free. Whip finish twice and dab superglue on the wraps.