Dry fly hackle Brown (ginger or grizzly will do) (One feather, 4 in usable)
Head cement Clear head cement (One drop)
How to tie it
Lay a base of black thread from behind the eye all the way to the bend of the hook.
Spin a thin noodle of cream or light yellow dry fly dubbing on the thread and wind a slim body forward to the two-thirds point of the shank.
Cut a small bunch of woodchuck guard hair, not a thick wing, pull out the underfur and fluff at the butts, then even the tips in a hair stacker.
Measure the wing so the tips reach just past the bend of the hook. Switch hands, set it on top of the shank and secure it with a pinch wrap, then a couple more wraps working back, holding tight so it cannot spin around the shank. It should lay flat rather than flare.
Add a couple of locking wraps, then trim the butt ends at an angle so they form a ramp, and wind thread over them down toward the eye to build a smooth taper. This makes the heavy hackle much easier to wrap.
Take the thread back to the front of the wing and tie in the brown dry fly hackle there, leaving the slightest bit of bare stem showing; bind the stem forward and trim the excess.
Wind five or six turns of hackle, each slightly in front of the last, to build a dense collar; tie off and snip the excess.
Push the hackle fibres back, build a small tapered head right behind the eye, then whip finish with four turns and add a drop of head cement.