Diver head/collar Matching deer hair (spun and packed)
Legs Barred rubber legs (2-4 rubber legs (optional))
Weed guard Hard mono (optional loop)
How to tie it
Lay a thread base at the bend. Tie in a bucktail or rabbit-strip tail about two shank lengths long and add several strands of flash.
Frame the tail with 2-4 splayed saddle hackles, curves out, for a broad kicking profile.
Optionally figure-8 in a pair of rubber legs at the front of the tail base.
Spin a clump of deer hair immediately in front of the tail, then pack it back tightly against the tie-in point.
Spin and pack successive clumps of deer hair forward to the eye, compressing hard so the head is dense.
Whip finish at the eye and trim the deer hair to a diver shape, flat, wide collar left standing at the throat to catch water, tapering to a bullet nose up front so the fly dives and pops on a strip.