Body Rabbit (Hare's Ear), Squirrel or Ice Dub, Color to Match Naturals
Hackle Grizzly Saddle, Dyed, Olive, or Burnt Orange
Bead Tungsten Head Turner, Gold
How to tie it
Slide the Tungsten Head Turner, Gold bead onto the Daiichi 1530 so the concave face of the teardrop pushes forward over the hook eye; that is what lets the fly ride balanced once it is tied on with a clinch knot. Start the #5 Glo Brite Floss behind the bead, trim the tag and cover the shank back to the bend; the floss will radiate through the dubbing later.
Bring the floss forward again in open turns and use those wraps to seat the bead tight against the hook eye.
Tie in three strands of Crystal Flash, Pearlescent with most of the length trailing behind the tie-in point. After a couple of wraps, gather the forward ends, fold them back over themselves and bind them down so three strands become six. Take the floss slightly down the bend, then snip the flash into a short, stubby tail.
Lay the UTC Wire, X-Small, Gold along the near side of the shank and bind it down along its full length so the body stays smooth and the slippery wire cannot pull out.
Take the floss back to just before the bend. Pull off a pinch of the body dubbing (light olive Ice Dub here; Rabbit (Hare's Ear) or squirrel work too), moisten your fingers and twist a slender, short noodle onto the floss. It does not need dry-fly tightness. Leave a little bare floss above the noodle so the first wrap starts exactly where you want it rather than being your best wrap.
Wind the dubbing forward one turn next to the last, up to the bead. Roughen it a little to pull a few fibers out.
Tie in the Grizzly Saddle, Dyed (burnt orange here, or olive) right behind the bead with a couple of wraps, leaving a little bare stem exposed, and snip the butt close.
Palmer the hackle rearward in four to five open turns, under-palmering rather than over-palmering so the body shows through. Hang hackle pliers on the tip as a weight.
Bring the wire forward through the hackle in open turns, woolly-worm fashion, so it locks every hackle turn; the fish has to break each wire segment before the fly can unravel. Tie the wire off behind the bead with a couple of wraps over it and one in front, break it with a thumbnail pull-and-twist, then snip the hackle tip out.
Spin the bobbin counterclockwise to flatten the floss. Put a drop of super glue on the floss behind the bead, take a couple of wraps to cement it, then whip finish with three to four turns, building the hot spot slightly oversized so it stands out. Rough the dubbing out a little and sweep the hackle back.
Other versions
2 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2.