Goose biots (tail and shell back) Brown goose biots (2 long biots)
Fuzzy dubbing (hare's ear or a rabbit/squirrel blend) Tan dubbing (A 2 inch noodle)
Hen soft hackle Brown hen hackle (1 small feather)
How to tie it
Slide a 2.4 mm gold tungsten bead on a size 14 nymph hook, start the rusty brown thread behind it, run a base back to the bend, and bring it forward again. No extra weight is needed.
Tie in a length of yellow Antron yarn just behind the bead and bind it back along the shank to the bend. This doubles as a smooth underbody.
Tie in small copper wire at the front as well and bind it back. Its only job is to lock the biots down later.
Take the thread forward and wrap the Antron body: one layer up the shank, a thin layer back, and up again. Treat it like thread. Spin it clockwise to cord it or let it flatten out. Keep it slim but not skinny. Tie off and trim.
With the thread up front, tie in one long brown biot along the near top of the body and a second along the far top, so both lie mostly on top with just a bit of flare to the sides. Set the length at about one shank beyond the bend.
Pinch the biots down along the top of the body and spiral the copper wire forward over them, binding them as a shell back. Use a bodkin as you go to separate the two tips so they flare apart at the tail. Tie the wire off with three tight wraps behind the bead and helicopter it off.
Snip the biot butts and add a few extra wraps to lock them down, then take the thread back slightly.
Dub a medium noodle of tan fuzzy dubbing, about two inches, and build the thorax so it is a touch thicker than the body and a touch thicker than the bead.
Tie in a small brown hen hackle, snip the tip, and take one to one and a half turns for a sparse leg collar. Tie off and trim, then stroke the fibers back so the collar goes all the way around.
Fill the gap between the hackle and the bead with thread, whip finish with about four turns, and put a drop of head cement on top of the bead to wick into the first wraps.