Hook 2X-long barbless nymph hook, #12-18 (16 is the most common; 12 shown)
Thread Black 70 denier (8/0)
Materials
Pheasant tail fibers Natural bronze pheasant tail fibers (5 fibers for the tail, the same 5 for the body)
Ultra wire, small Brass or copper ultra wire small (One 3 in. length)
Rabbit or synthetic dubbing Brown dubbing (A generous pinch for the thorax)
Hen pheasant flight feather slip Mottled brown hen hackle (One narrow slip for the wingcase)
Hungarian partridge Natural gray-brown partridge (One small V-notched slip for the legs)
UV resin or head cement Clear uv resin (One drop over the wingcase)
How to tie it
Mount the hook and lay a smooth base of black thread from behind the eye back to a point above where the barb would be.
Select five pheasant tail fibers, even the tips, and tie them in at the rear as a tail about two-thirds of a shank long. Add two locking wraps.
Lay the small brass or copper wire against the NEAR side of the hook at about 45 degrees, then bind it down parallel to the shank all the way back to the tail tie-in. Keeping it on the near side lets the counter-wrap start without crossing the tail.
Advance the thread to the 65-70% point of the shank. Wind the same five pheasant tail fibers forward in touching turns to that point, lock them down and trim the butts.
Counter-wrap the wire forward in five evenly spaced open turns, stop on top of the shank, add two locking wraps, then put tension on the wire and helicopter it off.
Tie in a narrow slip of mottled hen pheasant flight feather on top at the front of the abdomen with the slip pointing back over the body. Bury the butts under the thread.
Wax the thread and dub a brown thorax that is noticeably thicker than the abdomen, working forward to about two eye-widths back from the eye.
Take a small V-notched slip of partridge and lay it across the shank so fibers fall along each side as legs. Use two loose wraps to keep it from spinning, slide it back until the fibers reach the hook point, then lock it down and trim the front butts as close as you can.
Pull the wingcase forward over the thorax, check that the legs are still splayed evenly on both sides, tie it down, lift the butt and add a securing wrap on top, then trim close.
Take the thread forward to the eye and build a small tapered ramp back to the wingcase, whip finish, and finish with a good dollop of UV resin (or head cement) over the wingcase, teasing any stray fibers out of the resin before curing it.