Pulled this one out of Jack Dennis' Western Trout Fly Tying Manual (back cover of my copy has a pic of Curt Gowdy sitting on a log interviewing him; cool, even though Curt's wearing a Red Sox hat- ugh). Bob Carmichael came up with this pattern, a takeoff on the Adams, a while back for fishing around Jackson Hole/Yellowstone; a simpler time.


hook - Mustad 94840 #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - moose body
abdomen - Uni-Stretch yellow
collar - dubbing pink
wing - hen hackle tips grizzly
hackle - brown/grizzly


Mash down barb, attach thread at 60% mark and wrap back to point above barb




clean, stack, measure (shank length) some moose body fibers; tie in, trim butts






take a pair of hen hackle tips (= to gap width), put them together with the tips curving away from each other, measure for length (entire hook); tie in at 70% mark










trim butts, smooth with thread; pull wings up/back and wrap in front to set the proper angle (a little Sally at the base helps)