Coq de Leon fibers Barred pardo (pheasant tail substitutes) (4-6 fibers)
Wire Ivory or white wire (0.2 mm small (extra small on an 18))
Thread hot spot Pink (orange or chartreuse as alternates) (Short collar behind the bead)
Clear nail polish or UV resin Clear uv resin (2-3 thin coats)
How to tie it
Slide the 3.8 mm painted tungsten bead onto the jig hook and start white nano silk behind it. The sheen of GSP is the whole point of this fly, so do not substitute a waxed thread.
Take four to six Coq de Leon barred pardo fibers, line them up 90 degrees off the stem so the tips even out, and pinch them off. Tie them in as a tail about one and a quarter body-lengths past the bend, going under the bunch once and then forward again to cock them up. Trim the butts.
Push the 0.2 mm ivory wire deep into the slot of the bead and bind it down along the shank.
Spin the bobbin counterclockwise to flatten the thread, then build the body in passes: back three quarters of the way and forward, flatten again; back halfway and forward, flatten again; back a quarter and forward. You are after a smooth, slick, slightly tapered white body.
Wrap the wire forward in four evenly spaced turns (five on a size 14), tie it off and helicopter it away. Put in a quick one- or two-turn whip finish and cut the thread.
Singe any fluff off the tail fibers with a lighter, holding them clear of the body.
Attach pink thread behind the bead and build a short, bold hot-spot collar, using two four- or five-turn whip finishes stacked on each other to bulk it out. Trim and singe off any fuzz.
Coat the whole body with two or three thin coats of clear nail polish (or a thin UV resin followed by a coat of cement), letting each dry. Keep the coating slick and streamlined. One coat is not enough and the fly will come apart.