Golden pheasant tippets Natural pheasant tail fibers (About 8 fibres)
Dry fly hackle Grizzly hackle (1 small feather (aft))
Floss Yellow floss (Body)
Dry fly hackle Brown hackle (1 feather sized to hook or one size larger (fore))
How to tie it
Lay a base of black 12/0 thread all the way back to the bend of the hook.
Grip a golden pheasant tippet feather by the tips, slide your scissors in and cut out about eight fibres, then pull the rest of the feather away so the tips stay aligned. Tie them in at the bend, one shank length long, checking with two wraps before locking down. Do not let the tail wrap around the bend or angle downward. Bind the butts forward; the thick floss body will bury any unevenness.
Tie in a small grizzly dry fly hackle at the bend, stripped to leave a little bare stem, catching it in at about 45 degrees and pulling it back so it starts right at the tail. Keep this feather small. You do not want a big hackle closing the hook gap and costing you hook-sets.
Move the thread forward to just ahead of the hook point and wrap the aft grizzly hackle forward six or seven turns to meet it. Tie it off, back the thread up a couple of turns to lock it, and trim. Do not worry about fibres pointing forward. The floss will cover them.
Take the thread back to the one-third point and tie in the yellow floss. Lick your fingers to keep the end tidy, take a loose wrap and pull it tight.
Wrap the floss down toward the aft hackle and back again, repeating if you want a thicker body, watching the hook point on the rearward passes. Tie off and trim.
Tie in a brown dry fly hackle sized to the hook or a shade larger, barbs between one and one and a half hook gaps, leaving a little bare stem showing for a clean first wrap.
Wrap the brown hackle forward from slightly over the front of the yellow floss, five to eight turns, up to the tie-off point. Sweep fibres back with your fingers as you take the last wraps, and trim any that insist on pointing forward before you release the feather.
Push any remaining butt ends up with a fingernail, take the thread just behind the eye, build a small ramp back into the hackle, and whip finish with four or five turns.
Fluff the hackle back out, tidy anything crowding the eye, and add a drop of head cement.