Foamed up version of the standard pattern. Tied here as a salmonfly; don't have a scud hook big enough to handle a bug this size so I subbed with the TFS iron (shorter shank than the Dai Riki 280) and it seemed to balance okay.

hook - TFS 2305 #4
thread - UTC 140 burnt orange
core - 25lb Mason
rib - x-small wire gold
underbody - moose body hair
body/head - 2mm foam rust
body hackle - brown (undersize by 3)
wing - elk hair
thorax - shmootz from the base of an orange/grizzly hackle
hackle - grizzly dyed orange (1TBS Rit orange, 1 cup water)
front wing - elk hair


Part 1

put a loop in the mono




mash barb, start thread; tie in mono and rib

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clean, stack some moose body hair; tie in, hook loop onto gallows






wrap moose hair up (a bit past the bend) and back; trim tips (optional)






tie in foam strip (1/2 gap width) at eye; fold, tie down at eye to create head, trim