Michael Williams’ wet-or-dry Stimi variation gets the anorexic runway-model treatment; stripped the hackle fibers off the “in” side of the feather to thin things down. Tied here as a nocturnal stone (apologies for the p.ss-poor job combing out the tail).
hook - Dai Riki 280 #8
thread - MFC 6/0 hot orange
egg sac - tying thread
rib - x-small wire gold
tail - moose body hair
abdomen - bleached peacock herl
body hackle - barred cream (undersize by 1)
wing - moose body hair
thorax - tying thread
hackle - grizzly (undersize by 1)
Regards,
Scott