Tail Golden pheasant tippets (A small bunch, both bars showing)
Rear hackle Brown rooster (One feather, one size smaller than the front hackle)
Body Orange floss (Floss)
Front hackle Brown or grizzly rooster (One feather, hook size)
How to tie it
Lay a base of black thread on a #14 1X long dry fly hook, back to the bend and forward again.
At about the 70% point, tie in a clump of mallard flank tips forward for the wing, measuring it roughly a hook shank long; secure and trim the butts, burying them under thread.
Bring the thread in front of the wing and build a dam of wraps to post it upright, then take one figure-eight wrap from each side to split it into two wings; snip any rogue fiber.
Take the thread to the bend and tie in a bunch of golden pheasant tippets for the tail, a little longer than a hook gap; secure and trim.
At the front of the tail tie in the smaller brown rooster hackle, leaving a little bare stem, and bury the stem forward; take four or five wraps of rear hackle at the base of the tail, tie off and trim, being careful not to trap the wing.
Tie in the orange floss just behind the wing, wrap it back to the rear hackle and then forward again to build a smooth body (go down and back a second time if you want it thicker); tie off behind the wing and trim.
Tie in the larger brown or grizzly front hackle at the wing with a little bare stem showing, take eight to ten close wraps working behind and in front of the wing, then tie it off and snip the excess.
Push the hackle back with a hair packer or your fingers, take a few wraps to start the head, not so far back that the fibers lie flat, and build a small neat head.