Kelly Galloup's take on Mike Mercer's Missing Link. This version, with the deer hair body cross-wrapped with thread, shows the influence of fellow, earlier Michigan tiers - the Lacey Stephan, Kraimer's Tilt-Shoot, among others.
Hackle fiber tail, biot bodied versions can also be used for anything from BWOs to Drakes.
hook - Dai Riki 320 #12
thread - UTC 140 tan
tail - pheasant tail
rib - tying thread
abdomen - deer hair
thorax - dubbing tan
underwing - Congo Hair dun
wing - deer hair
Part 1
mash barb, start thread at 2/3 mark, wrap to point above barb
strip off/even tips on a few pheasant tail fibers; measure (hook length), tie in/trim butts
clean, stack, measure (gap width past barb) a small clump of deer hair; 2 soft loops, slowly apply/release/apply tension and let the hair surround the hook shank
spiral rib to the bend, then a couple tight wraps to flare the tips; return crossing wraps to 2/3 mark, tie off, trim, smooth with thread