Foam update to the standard tie. Might lose it to a tree or fish, but you won't have to tie on a new one in the dark because it stopped floating.

hook - Dai Riki 135 #6
thread/rib - UTC 140 hopper yellow
core/shuck - Congo Hair brown
tail - moose body hair
body - 1mm foam tan
body hackle - grizzly (undersize by 2)
front hackle - brown/grizzly mix
wing - deer hair


Part 1

mash barb, start thread at mid-point




tie in a loop of CH




clean, stack, measure (2x hook length) some moose body hair; tie in, hook CH loop onto the gallows








wrap moose halfway up the core and back down




tie in foam strip (1/3 gap width)




brush underbody with Super Glue, wrap to base of tail (adjust tension for desired thickness)