Note: Contested against a published dressing: The only published Pinecone Mouse is AJ Jorgensen's, and it contradicts our stored dressing on the defining material. It uses NO DEER HAIR AT ALL — the body is cross-cut rabbit zonker with a white rabbit belly and the head is stacked Chicone's fettuccine foam in five colours; our record says… Source: Fly Fish Food (AJ Jorgensen) — "Pinecone Mouse", Streamer Tutorials — https://www.flyfishfood.com/blogs/streamer-tutorials/pinecone-mouse
Reference Recipe
Hook 2XL-3XL streamer, 2-6
Thread Tan or brown 3/0
Materials
Tail Tan/brown crust accent (thin leather or rabbit strip)
Body Natural deer hair (spun and packed)
Ears Tan foam or leather (2 small tabs (optional))
Weed guard Hard mono (optional loop)
How to tie it
Lay a thread base to the bend and tie in a thin leather strip or rabbit strip for a tail about one-and-a-half shank lengths long.
Spin a clump of deer hair immediately in front of the tail and pack it back hard against the tie-in.
Spin and pack successive clumps of deer hair forward, compressing each tightly, until you reach the eye.
Whip finish at the eye.
Trim the deer hair to a mouse shape, flat belly riding low, rounded broad back, tapering to a pointed nose; leave a few longer fibers at the rear as a collar.
Optionally tie in two small ears and a mono weed guard before final trimming, then add a drop of cement to the head wraps.