Rough water version; subbed moose body for brown/grizz hackle fiber tail (sorry, Allan).


hook - Dai Riki 320 #14
thread - UTC 70 brown
tail - moose body
abdomen - muskrat dubbing
hump - deer hair
wings - hackle tips grizzly
hackle - brown/grizzly

Part 1

Mash down barb, start thread at 60% mark; wrap back to point above barb




clean, stack, measure (shank) a clump of moose body; tie in, trim butts






clean, trim some deer hair (I tie in at the butts to get the thicker section of the fiber for a bit more buoyancy); tie in




dub thread, dub abdomen up to 60% mark






pull deer hair up/over back, twist slightly (clockwise in Northern hemisphere, counter in the South); tie down, trim butts