Dry fly hackle Black hackle (One feather, about four turns)
Dry fly hackle Brown (called 'red' in 1940) (One feather, about four turns)
Dry fly hackle White dry fly hackle (One feather, about four turns)
How to tie it
Start black thread in the front third of the shank and lay a short base.
Tie in two grizzly hackle tips as wings, deliberately long in the variant style. Take thread wraps behind them to prop them up to roughly 90 degrees and spread them apart about 40 degrees, then trim the excess stems.
Run the thread back to the bend and tie in about twelve badger hackle fibers as a tail, roughly one body length long.
Tie in flat gold/silver mylar tinsel with the gold side toward the hook so the gold shows when it flips over on the first wrap, then wrap a smooth body forward, stopping well behind the wings to leave room for three hackles. Tie off and trim.
Tie in a black dry fly hackle well behind the wings and take about four wraps, working forward.
Tie in a brown hackle immediately in front of the black and take about three wraps behind the wings and one in front.
Tie in a white hackle last and take three or four wraps at the front, then secure and trim the stem.
Push all the barbs back with your fingers, clear a little room behind the eye, and build a small head.
Whip finish and add head cement, then pluck or trim any wayward long barbs (a singeing tool tidies the rest).