I saw reference to this pattern on another forum and was impressed with both its looks and reported success at catching fish. So, I looked it up in Mike Valla's "The Founding Flies" book and tied it more or less to the recipe he gives. Substitutions used are noted in parentheses:
Hook: Mustad 9671 nymph hook (Daiichi 1710), Sizes #8 - #12
Thread: Black 6/0
Tail: Specked guinea hen body feather
Rib: Small oval gold tinsel (later versions reportedly used copper wire)
Body: Black seal fur or lamb's wool (used black wool; don't know if it's lamb or adult)
Wing case: Green raffia (dark olive Swiss straw)
Thorax: Black chenille
Hackle: Gray Hungarian partridge
Some of the same morons who throw their trash around in National parks also vote. That alone would explain the state of American politics. ~ John Gierach, "Still Life with Brook Trout"
