Changed up the tying sequence a bit - not a fan of naked palmered hackle so I wrapped it front to back and ribbed wire thru the hackle. Change color/size to suit your needs.
hook - Dai Riki 730 #8
thread - UTC 140 cream
rib - x-small wire gold
butt/abdomen - Congo Hair honey mustard
legs - medium rubber cornsnake
hackle - brown (undersize by 2)
wing - elk hair hair
head - deer hair
Foam would definitely make it float better. I was trying to stay as true to the original pattern as possible (reversing the direction the hackle was palmered and adding a wire rib being minor adjustments). Truthfully, this isn’t a fly I’d choose to fish with; it would need a lot of floatant or constant changing to keep it on top, and I hate using good dry fly hackle on wets. Fun to tie though and a neat study in making do with materials that were available at the time.
