Deer hair Dun with lighter tips (coastal deer) (1 small stacked tuft (wing))
Dry fly hackle Dun (any color will fish) (1 feather, 3 wraps)
Head cement (1 drop)
How to tie it
Start olive thread and run it back to the bend; wax it lightly.
Dub a prominent bright green bulb at the very rear of the shank for the egg sac. Make it noticeable, it's the signature of the pattern.
Bring the thread forward and tie in two strands of peacock herl, then take the thread back only to about mid-shank and leave it hanging there so it can trap the herls if they spread.
Wrap the two herls forward in touching turns to build the body, stopping where the wing will go, and tie off. (Optional: add a fine wire counter-rib for durability.)
Stack a small tuft of dun deer hair and measure it to a little past the bend, just past the egg sac.
Cord the thread clockwise and take several firm wraps to tie the wing in. The butts will flare, which is fine. Trim the flared butts BEFORE you let go of the hair, otherwise the wing springs up and makes trimming awkward.
Let go and take a couple of medium wraps rearward to lay the wing down, then tighter wraps forward; sculpt the butt stubs flat with small scissors.
Tie in the dun dry fly hackle, running the stem forward under the thread wraps to minimise a lump, and take three full wraps. Four makes it bushier than necessary given the deer hair wing.
Tie off, trim, pull the barbs back just enough to make room, and whip finish with a slight zigzag so no forward-pointing hairs get trapped.
Trim any stray hairs over the eye and add a drop of head cement.