Indicator Parachute post material on 3x fluorocarbon (parasol post) (one, pre-made)
Tail Coq de Leon, medium pardo (4-6 fibres)
Rib Hends fine wire, brass (one strand)
Body Pheasant tail (3-4 fibres)
Thorax SLF Spikey Dubbing, brown olive (a small pinch)
How to tie it
Mount a Hanak H390BL in size 16. It is a klinkhamer-style hook with a bend built to imitate emerging insects.
Start olive dun UNI 8/0 and tie in the pre-made parasol post with three or four loose wraps, so it can still be adjusted.
Set the height of the post before tightening: Tim wants the fly hanging about two body-shank lengths below the parasol, because the post floats and the fly is suspended under it. Slide the fluorocarbon until it is right.
Lock the 3x fluorocarbon down by wrapping back about seventy-five percent of the way and forward again, then pull the post back and build a thread dam in front of it to push it close to perpendicular, finishing with a few figure-eight wraps.
Select four to six speckled Coq de Leon fibres in medium pardo, gauge the length, and tie them in at the rear with firm wraps.
Tie in the fine brass Hends wire for the rib. It protects the pheasant tail and adds a little weight to help the fly sit under the surface.
Tie in three or four pheasant tail fibres by their tips, bind them down the shank and back forward, and clear the butt ends away.
Put in a half hitch so the thread can hang, then grip the pheasant tail by the base with hackle pliers and wrap the body up to the post using the rotary feature. Keep the fibres well clear of the hook point. A Hanak point is sharp enough to cut pheasant tail instantly.
Tie the pheasant tail off behind the post, taking care to wrap between the body and the post so the post is not kinked over.
Counter-rib the brass wire forward through the body, tie it off and helicopter or simply pull the tag away.
Dub a very fine noodle of brown olive SLF Spikey and build the thorax, using the wraps to support the post as well. Do not be afraid of a full thorax. Fibres get picked out of it afterwards.
Half hitch at the eye, add a little Sally Hansen's, and put in a five-turn whip finish.
Pinch and trim the chartreuse parasol post down. They are left long when made and can be trimmed shorter still on the water.
Brush the sides of the thorax with velcro or a dubbing brush to pull fibres out as legs, and underneath too if you want more.