Pheasant tail fibers Natural pheasant tail fibers (About six fibers for the tail, plus three small bunches for the hackle)
Sparkle chenille Peacock ice dub (One length for the body)
How to tie it
Slide a 1/8 inch gold tungsten bead onto a size 10 curved nymph hook and start black thread behind it.
Run the thread back to the point where the barb would be. Pull about eight pheasant tail fibers straight off the stem and tie them in as a tail only about half the length of the body, trimming to length if it comes out long.
Wrap the thread forward over the butts all the way to the bead and snip the excess, then add a few extra securing wraps at the head so the collar sits nicely later.
Tie in the peacock sparkle chenille at the rear (strip a little fiber off the end so you have a bare core to tie in on) and bring the thread back up to the bead.
Wrap the chenille forward in touching turns and snug the last wrap tight against the bead so no gap is left, then tie it off with several firm wraps and trim. Leave a visible thread base behind the bead.
Pull about six pheasant tail fibers (the wispy ones from the base of the feather are ideal) and tie them in on top, extending just past the rear of the body.
Tie in the same amount of pheasant tail on one side, then the same again on the other side, so the fly has a three-part swept-back hackle.
Take a couple of wraps in front of the pheasant butts, snip them off close with sharp scissors, and build a small black collar.
Whip finish, pull tight, and coat the collar with UV resin or head cement.