Ostrich herl Black (peacock herl substitutes) (One strand)
Grizzly hackle tips Grizzly hackle (Two small tips for wings)
Deer hair Natural deer hair (10-12 hairs for the throat)
How to tie it
Mount a standard dry fly hook and lay a base of fine black thread back to the start of the bend.
Tie in about ten grizzly hackle fibers at the bend for a tail roughly one hook gap long, then bind the butts forward with loose wraps to smooth and slightly thicken the underbody.
Strip the barbs from a spare grizzly hackle to make a quill and tie it in at the bend by its thin end.
Wrap the quill forward in touching turns to the 70% point; it starts thin at the back and thickens toward the front, giving a striped, tapered body. Tie off and trim. A drop of UV resin over the quill will make it far more durable.
Tie in a strand of black ostrich herl and take three or four wraps at the 75% point to form a small thorax, then tie off and trim. This herl is what props the wings and throat.
Tie in two small grizzly hackle tips on top just ahead of the thorax, using three wraps, and set them upright and slightly separated before locking them in. Trim the butts close.
Turn the fly over or reach underneath and tie in ten or twelve deer hairs as a sparse throat reaching back to about the hook point, using a pinch wrap first and then two firmer wraps. Trim the butts.
Wrap forward to the eye, build a small tidy dry fly head, whip finish, and add a drop of head cement.