Seat a 3mm gold bead on a barbless nymph hook, put about twelve wraps of 0.015 lead-free wire on behind it and clip the wire, then start the thread behind the wraps and push them forward into the bead.
Take the Hemingway rubber body part by its large tab, set the front end of the wing pad hard against the back of the bead and bind it down, holding it slightly toward you so it rolls onto the top of the shank as the thread tightens; the wraps cover the lead nicely.
Run the thread back to where the barb would be and bind in the black wire for the rib.
Tie in the Amherst pheasant tail fibers with a tail about half the length of the hook shank, then wrap back over them to lock the material in.
Wrap the Amherst pheasant tail forward with hackle pliers, turning counterclockwise, up to the lead wraps — the mottled feather gives a segmented body on its own — take one extra turn on the lead, tie off and trim.
Counter-wrap the black wire forward over the body to reinforce it, hold it under the shank, secure it and break it off clean.
Snip the fragile tip off a peacock herl, tie it in, then wrap the herl around the tying thread to reinforce it before wrapping the thorax forward to about the one-third mark; secure and remove the excess.
Fold the wing pad and legs forward over the thorax, taking two wraps behind the second and third legs and then two behind the first and second to set them.
Whip finish and trim the thread, then color the wing pad with a tan marker, dry the black marker out a little and speck the pad, and touch the legs from underneath for mottling.