Bead Copper bead (Fulling Mill 3.5mm tungsten drop bead)
Tail Natural case (Nature's Spirit pheasant tail)
Body Ginger spandex life flex (Fulling Mill stripped quills)
Thorax dubbing Brown and gold thorax dubbing (Fischer's Flies Perfect Blend Dubbing)
Resin Clear uv resin (Solarez Bone Dry)
How to tie it
Mount the 3.5mm copper drop bead on the Jig Force hook small-hole-first and push it to the eye, then start the tan 70 denier behind it and lay a base back to the bend. Keep the base flat and gap-free: the stripped quill is semi-translucent, so the tan thread under it is genuinely part of the colour of the finished body.
Tie in a short clump of natural pheasant tail fibres at the bend for a tail about half a shank long, then bind the butts forward smoothly so there is no step for the quill to climb.
Soak the stripped ginger quill in water for a minute before you use it. A dry quill cracks the moment you put tension on it, and there is no way to rescue a body that splits halfway up the shank.
Tie the quill in at the bend by its thin end and wrap it forward in touching, non-overlapping turns to the 65% mark. The natural taper of the quill produces the segmentation for you, which is the entire point of using it. No rib required.
Coat the quill body with a thin layer of Solarez Bone Dry and cure it. Uncoated quill is beautiful and lasts about one fish; this step is what makes the fly worth tying.
Dub a short, slightly bulky thorax of the brown and gold blend from the 65% mark up to the bead, contrasting deliberately with the smooth abdomen.
Whip finish behind the bead and pick a few dubbing fibres out at the sides with a bodkin for legs.