Micro glint / fine holographic thread body material Antique gold (Enough for three passes of the shank)
Squirrel tail (wing) Natural red squirrel (A pinch no thicker than a pencil)
Flash Gold with a hint of red (A few strands)
Coq de Leon feather (overwing) Natural speckled coq de leon fibers (Two small bunches of tips)
Ringneck pheasant rump (throat/beard) Black pheasant tail fibers (One full feather)
Head cement / Sally Hansen's Clear head cement (A dab over the body and head)
How to tie it
Start the orange thread and take it back to a point above the hook point, no further, building a small bulge of thread there. It props the tail up and doubles as an orange hot spot.
Squeeze a mallard flank feather's tips into a bunch with the natural curve pointing up, tie it in long with three or four tight turns, then slide it back until it sits just past the bend. Check it is riding on top of the shank.
Trim the butts at the front of the bulge, bind them down with open wraps then go back over them tightly. Finish with a wrap over and then under and around the base of the tail to stand it up, whip finish and cut the thread away.
Tie in the antique gold micro glint and take touching turns forward, back, and forward again so the orange underbody is completely covered and the body runs right up onto the return of the eye. Whip finish and set it with a small dab of Sally Hansen's or head cement.
Restart the orange thread at the front and build another small thread bulge to support the wing.
Clean the short hairs from a pencil-thick pinch of red squirrel tail, measure it just past the tail, and tie it in on top of the shank. Trim the butts at an angle and lash them down into a smooth orange head base, then take a wrap up behind the base of the wing and forward again to prop it up.
Add a few strands of gold/red flash on top, trimmed just slightly longer than the wing.
Prepare two small bunches of coq de Leon tips by bunching them at 90 degrees and pulling them off the stem, then tie them in over the flash. A little long, then pulled back into position. Lash the butts down.
Turn the fly upside down and tie in a full black ringneck pheasant rump feather as a beard, just slightly longer than the hook gap, then bind the stem down.
Build a deliberately large, bright orange head, trim any stragglers, whip finish and coat the head.