Don’t know if Harry Murray came up with this version (probably be good for pounding up some smallies), but darned if it isn’t a cool-looking bug.
hook - TMC 5212 #6
thread - MFC 8/0 brown
rib - x-small wire gold
tail - calftail dark brown
abdomen - Fly Rite Poly quill gordon/brown drake yellow
body hackle - grizzly (undersize by 2)
wing - calftail yellow
front hackle - brown/grizzly mixed
Part 1
mash barb, start thread at 2/3 mark, tie in rib, wrap back to point above barb
clean, stack, measure (gap width past bend) a clump of calftail (if you don’t have a dark brown one, just use the stuff at the base of any calftail); tie in/trim butts
tie in undersized hackle at 2/3 mark
return hackle to tail tie-in; dub thread, dub body
wrap hackle back to tail; capture tip with wire, then spiral through hackle to front of body, helicopter end and tie off
