This one's been around for a while in various forms; thought the front-hackled version looked cool. Tried tying the tail down with tag end of thread but found 2 bobbins worked better for me.




hook - Tiemco 5212
thread - Danville 6/0 brown (x2)
tail/back - deer hair
body - 1mm foam orange
hackle (body) - brown
hackle (front) - coachman brown




Part 1


mash barb, attach thread at 70% point and wrap back to point above barb







tie in a strip of foam (about 3mm wide)







tie in hackle (undersize by one hook); let bobbin hang at tie-in







start second thread bobbin at 75% mark







wrap foam forward and tie off/trim at 70% mark










wrap body hackle forward; tie off and trim







clean and stack a clump of deer hair







measure for length (extend hook gap length behind)