I fish this as my bottom fly, usually with something heavier ahead of it. You will get strikes at the very end of a dead drift, as your line tightens, and the fly rises in the water.
Materials Needed:
Hook: TMC 101 size #20-24
Thread: Grey Uni Thread 8/0
Tail: 4-8 blue dun hackle fibers
Wing: White antron yarn
Put your hook in the vise. I am using a size #22.
Start your thread, and work your way back evenly to the hook bend.
Select a few fibers from some blue dun hackle.
Tie in your hackle fibers to create a tail.
Clip the tag ends of the hackle fibers, and wrap your thread forward. Wrap as evenly as possible.
Tie in some antron yarn. Be sure to leave enough space to build a head without crowding the eye of the hook.
Clip the tag end of the antron yarn, and wrap a few thread wraps behind the yarn.
Wrap a few wraps in front of the yarn to build up a head slightly bigger than the body.
Trim the yarn to a length of about the hook gap.
Whip finish, and apply head cement.
