Duck quill slip Dyed red duck quill slip (1 slip for the tail, a matched pair for the wing)
Chenille Black, small (2 wraps for the butt)
Flat mylar tinsel Silver oval tinsel (Body)
Hen or soft rooster hackle fibres Brown hen hackle (About 15 for the throat)
How to tie it
Lay a base of black thread from behind the eye to the start of the bend.
Tie in a single slip of dyed red duck on top of the shank at the bend as a tail, keeping it standing rather than lying flat, and make it long and prominent. Take a couple of wraps to lock it, then bind the butts forward. A smooth underbody matters here because of the flat tinsel to come.
Tie in a length of small black chenille at the bend and take two side-by-side wraps for the butt (stack one on top of the other if you want it fatter), tie off and trim. Small chenille is essential in trout sizes; medium only works on size 6 and larger.
Tie the flat silver tinsel in at the front with the silver side toward the hook, then run the thread back to the butt in wide open wraps and forward again in open wraps, keeping bulk to a minimum.
Wrap the tinsel body forward from the butt in touching turns, no overlaps, no gaps showing between wraps. Tie off at the front with two or three tight wraps and trim.
Tie in about 15 brown hen or soft rooster hackle fibres as a throat under the shank, reaching to just short of the hook point. Pinch-wrap them, check the position, and lock them with one more wrap. Pull the throat down a little if it wants to lie against the body.
Leave the thread at the rear of where the head will be. Cut a matched pair of red duck slips, gauge the width by sliding them through a pair of spring hackle pliers alongside the hook. And align the tips.
Measure the wing to the hook bend, pinch the slips and the hook together in your material hand, and take one pinch wrap without pulling tight. Come back up on the near side, pull the wrap up and forward, then take two or three tighter wraps forward once you are happy with the position. You get two or three attempts before the slips are too mangled to use.
Trim the wing butts as close as you can and singe the stubs, then build a neat black head, whip finish and cement.