Charlie Craven's variation on the standard; the ungulate wing pad provides a bit more floatation. Tied here a green drake; change colors to suit your needs.


hook - Dai Riki 280 #10
thread - MFC 6/0 light olive
shuck - Congo Hair/ostrich herl brown
rib - UTC wire small olive
abdomen - ostrich herl brown
wing/wingpad - yearling elk
thorax - antron olive
hackle - grizzly dyed olive

Part 1

mash barb, start thread, tie in CH, fold back, tie in wire and wrap everything back past the barb; trim shuck








measure (even with shuck) some ostrich; tie in






gather ostrich butts, wrap to 50% mark; tie off/trim






wrap wire; helicopter end, cover with thread