Kind of ugly, but I intend to test it in July. Squirrel back fur for wings.
The top picture uses hydropsyche tan caddis zelon dubbing. The hydropsyche is the dominant caddis in the Yellowstone area a significant portion of the year. This one is not the ordinary pattern - the elk hair - but I really think it may offer advantages.
Couldn’t find my furnace hackle, so I used grizz hackle. Yes, a gold rib and the body is a dubbing blend. I do try to get all the underfur out of the squirrel back so that only the guard hairs are used. The underfur would definitely hurt the floatability.
Thanks,
Byron