I tie it with a partridge hackle. Kind of like a soft hackle, but without the slim soft hackle body. It is my all time favorite nymph. I really, really like like it tied without a bead.....big thumbs up on that.

I think it fishes well in the spring as a March Brown nymph or an early season brown stone (i.e. skawala), and then fishes well all summer as a caddis. I fish it with a split show about 6 inches above the fly instead of a bead.