Goose biot Bright inferno orange (One biot for the tail)
Dubbing blend Green Gleamy dubbing blended with green hare's dubbing (Enough for a scraggly body)
Wire Silver wire (0.2 mm, one strand)
Hackle Dyed ginger hackle (One feather, palmered)
Saddle hackle Dyed orange saddle hackle (One feather for the front collar)
How to tie it
Mount the size 8 hook and start orange thread behind the eye. Run a base to the bend, then place a finger against the rear of the wraps and build a small thread ball right up against it to kick the tail up.
Tie in one bright orange goose biot at the bend with the curve arcing upward, extending just past the bend, and bind it straight along the top of the shank.
Leaving a little space behind the eye, tie in the 0.2 mm silver wire, taking care not to crush the biot.
Blend the green Gleamy and green hare's dubbings together and dub a scraggly body from the bend forward to about the 90% point, stopping short of the eye. Leave a short band of orange thread showing at the tail for the hot butt.
Select a dyed ginger hackle with fibers long enough to stand well clear of the body, strip the base to expose the stem, and tie it in securely at the front.
Take two or three turns of the hackle right at the front, then palmer it back over the body in open turns to the tail.
Counter-wrap the silver wire forward through the palmered hackle to lock it in, taking care to trap as few fibers as possible, then helicopter the wire off at the front.
Brush out the body with a dubbing brush, working through the hackle to free the dubbing and soften the hackle fibers, staying clear of the biot tail.
Strip the fluff from a dyed orange saddle hackle, tie it in at the front slightly longer in fiber than the body hackle, throw in a half hitch, then take two or three turns for the front collar, stroking the fibers back as you go.
Tie off, build a small orange head, whip finish, and brush the collar out so no fibers are stuck together.