Creation of B.C. angler Glenn Butler. Seems a bit involved at first, but a cool pattern and subsequent ones go together much more quickly.
hook - TMC 5263 #6
thread - UTC 140 black
rib - oval tinsel gold
tail/underbody - deer hair
abdomen/thorax - rug yarn dubbing olive (original calls for seal; cut up rug yarn pulsed in the coffee grinder yields an acceptable substitute)
wing case/legs/eyes - pheasant tail
head - peacock herl
Part 1
mash barb, start thread, wrap to bend
clean, stack, measure (gap width past bend) a clump of deer hair (you want stuff with fairly long fibers); tie in but don’t trim, wrap to 1/2 mark
fold the butts back, spiral wrap to tail; trim butts
tie in rib
wax thread, create dubbing loop, insert dubbing, twist and wrap to mid-shank
