Silk body Straw-coloured silk No. 2 (full length of shank)
Dubbing Buff fur from the flank, sparse and rough (pinch)
Hackle Light blue feather from the under-coverts of a young grouse wing (1 feather)
How to tie it
Run the straw silk from behind the eye to above the barb, then forward two-thirds.
Twist a sparse wisp of buff flank fur onto the silk and wind a deliberately rough, slightly shaggy body over the rear two-thirds of the shank. The 'rough body' is the defining feature versus the smooth Poult Bloa.
Tie in the pale blue young-grouse under-covert feather by its tip behind the eye.
Take 1.5 to 2 sparse turns of hackle, secure, clip the stem.
Stroke fibres back, build a small head, whip finish and varnish.