Found this while poking around the Old Flies section. A neat alternative to a hackled spider (deer hair’s a lot easier for me to come by than quality hackle in the larger sizes, and the butts provide a little additional floatation); simple and quick to tie.
hook - Mustad 94863 #8 (since I’m tying an old fly, might as well use an old hook; think I bought this box in 1973 with my first flyrod, a Fenwick FF756)
thread - UTC 140 tan
body/“hackle” - deer hair
Part 1
attach thread above hook point
clean, stack a clump of deer hair; measure for length (hook shank)
lay on shank with tips facing forward
2 soft loops, pull firmly and allow hair to spin around shank
wrap thread forward (the greater the separation between the 2 the easier it is to spin the 2nd bunch of deer hair)
clean, stack, measure another clump; repeat tie-in with tips facing towards the rear
spin hair and push the 2 clumps together with fingernails
