Hook HMH small poly tube, 1.5 in, with hook-holder tubing, 4-6 octopus hook (Gamakatsu or Owner), rigged in junction tubing
Thread white 8/0 Uni
Materials
X-eyed cone (Hareline) Nickel x eyed cone (one, medium)
Stick-on 3D eyes Silver d eyes mm (two, 3/16 in (fit the medium cone))
Krystal Flash Pearl flashabou (part of a ~15-fiber blended body clump)
Krinkle Mirror Flash Blue flashabou (part of the blended body clump)
Polar Flash Mirage opal (part of the blended body clump)
Slinky Fiber White craft fur (sparse clump for the belly)
Slinky Fiber blend Deep purple/royal blue/chartreuse/orange, equal parts (sparse clump for the wing)
Zap-A-Gap CA glue (medium) Clear head cement (small dabs)
Loon UV resin, flow or thin Clear uv resin (enough to lock the cone)
How to tie it
Ahead of time, glue a 3/16 in 3D eye to each side of the medium nickel cone with a tiny drop of Zap-A-Gap and let them cure for a couple of hours.
Clamp a 1.5 in piece of small poly tube on the tube adapter in the vise.
Attach the white thread about a quarter of the tube length back from the front tip and lay down a very short thread base. All tie-ins stay on this base.
Blend the pearl Krystal Flash, blue Krinkle Mirror Flash, and opal Polar Flash together; tie the sparse blended clump (about 15 fibers) in on top of the tube, fold the forward-facing half back, and trim the whole body to roughly twice the tube length.
Invert the vise and tie in a sparse clump of white Slinky Fiber for the belly, just short of the flash, leaving the forward ends protruding out over the front of the tube rather than folding them back.
Turn back to the top and tie in the blended purple/blue/chartreuse/orange Slinky Fiber wing, equal in length to the flash, also protruding forward; trim the butt ends short at an angle so they will fill the inside of the cone without bulk.
Whip finish by hand (a tool will not fit around the forward-facing fibers), cut the thread, and add a tiny dab of super glue to the wraps.
Slide a short section of paper straw over the forward-facing belly and wing fibers as a temporary collar to fold them all rearward over the body.
Slide the eyed cone onto the front of the tube and over the folded-back material butts, seat it against the tie-down area, and lock it with a drop of Zap-A-Gap; remove the straw collar.
Flow thin UV resin around the junction of cone and tube and cure it with a UV torch, then trim the front of the tube flush and gently flare the tip with a lighter or bodkin heat to keep the cone from sliding off.
Push a short length of hook-holder junction tubing onto the rear of the tube to complete the fly, the octopus hook seats in this when rigged.