Rib Palmered hackle, clipped on the top and bottom
Body Any dubbing
Wing White calf tail
Hackle Grizzly hackle
How to tie it
Lay a thread base on a 1x-long dry fly hook back to the start of the bend.
Tail: bind in one strand of sparkle yarn (a single strand pulled from three-strand yarn), kept short, with two or three tight wraps. Wrap forward over it and snip the excess.
Advance the thread to about the midpoint of the body area. Stack a small bunch of elk hair, measure it just a little longer than the sparkle yarn, and catch it in at that forward point with the tips back. Binding it here means the first wraps flare the hair at the front, not at the tail. Take medium-to-loose wraps back over it, keeping it on top of the shank, then snip the butts at the front and smooth the area with a few wraps.
Bind in the palmer hackle at the rear of the body. Orientation does not matter, because most of it gets trimmed. Snip or bury the stem.
Wax the thread and spin a dubbing noodle a little over two inches long. Dub the body forward but stop short of where you would normally, leaving extra room at the front for a full collar.
Palmer the hackle forward: one full turn at the back, then open spiral turns to the front. Secure with a couple of wraps and snip the excess.
Trim the palmered hackle flush on top (and on the bottom if you like). Trimming the top is essential: otherwise the hackle props the calf tail wing up.
Wing: wax the thread, take a chunk of white calf tail, grab the tips and thin it out by about half. Position the thread at the back of the head and bind the calf tail in Trude-style over the back with a pinch wrap and medium-tight wraps, keeping it on top, then tighter wraps back and a couple forward. Snip the front butts and spend a few wraps smoothing the underbody.
Collar: size a grizzly hackle to about one and a half times the hook gap. Bind it in at the back of the head, perpendicular to the body, run the stem forward and snip it near the eye. Wind five or six turns for a heavy, high-floating collar, secure, and snip the tip.
Sweep the barbs back, take a few wraps to clear room at the eye, whip finish, and add a drop of head cement.