Deer hair (loop-dubbed body/wing) Bleached tan (or dyed olive, dun, chocolate brown to match) (A clump about 3/8 inch in diameter)
Grizzly hackle (Whiting) Grizzly hackle (One feather, a few turns)
How to tie it
Attach the thread to the hook, pull out about 2.5 to 3 inches of thread, wrap it once around your finger and tie it back down on the shank to form a dubbing loop. Then wrap the tying thread around the loop itself two or three times just above the shank to close up the gap between the two legs of the loop.
Hook a dubbing twister into the loop and let it hang. Bring the tying thread forward to the front third of the shank and leave it there.
Cut a clump of deer hair about 3/8 inch across, hold it by the tips, and clean out all underfur and short hairs. Spread the clump apart in your fingers.
Turn the dubbing twister to reopen the loop, slide the deer hair in, spread and even it out, then spin the twister hard to make what is essentially deer hair chenille.
Take the loop off the twister, grip it with hackle pliers, and fold all the hair back in one direction so it lies swept back.
Wrap the deer hair chenille forward to the thread at the front third, stroking the fibers back on every turn and untwisting the loop back the other way when thread torque starts winding the fibers forward. Use up all the material.
Tie the loop off at the front, bind it well, and clip. Stroke everything back and take a couple of wraps back over the body to lock it down, then trim the odd stray fibers.
Rotate the fly over (or turn the hook) and trim the deer hair flat along the bottom of the hook, then pull all the hair back and trim the overall silhouette lightly to shape. That single loop is the body, wing and hackle all at once.
Strip the base of a grizzly hackle, tie it in at the front, take a few turns, tie off and trim, freeing any fibers you trapped.