Bucktail (under wing) Natural brown bucktail (Small bunch, a little longer than the hook)
Bucktail (over wing) Orange bucktail (Small bunch, slightly longer than the brown)
Head cement Clear head cement (One drop)
How to tie it
Mount a size 8 salmon/steelhead hook and lay a black thread base from where the body will start up to just behind the step-down at the eye.
Tie in the medium silver oval tinsel right behind the step-down and use the first wraps to smooth that lump out, then bind the tinsel parallel along the shank all the way to the rear.
Carry the thread two or three millimetres past the body start point, then wrap the tinsel forward in four touching turns to form a tag, leaving no black showing underneath. Catch the tinsel off on the underside of the hook so the rib later looks like it emerges from below.
Split a four-strand orange wool yarn and tie two strands in at about the midpoint of the shank, keeping it off the top of the hook so it does not bulk up.
Wrap the orange yarn back to the tag, putting the first wrap right behind the rib tie-off, and then forward to the midpoint to fill the rear half of the body. Tie off with a couple of tight wraps.
Tie in two or three strands of peacock herl and wrap them forward over the front half of the body, leaving the thread hanging halfway to keep the strands together. Tie off with two or three tight wraps and trim.
Rib the whole body with the oval tinsel in evenly spaced open turns, over and under, carrying it up through the herl as well. Snip the soft tinsel off. It will not helicopter, and add a couple of securing wraps.
Tie in a bunch of natural brown bucktail on top, unstacked and thinned by hand, extending a little past the hook bend. Use the trick of one wrap around the hair alone before the second wrap goes around hair and hook.
Tie a bunch of orange bucktail directly over the brown, slightly longer, so the topmost fibers are the longest.
Trim the butts, build a tapered head, whip finish and cement.