Hook - Mustad Model R70/Size 12
Thread - Pearsall's Gossamer Silk (Primrose Yellow)
Hackle - Hungarian Partridge (body hackle)
Abdomen - Tups wool dubbing blend (wrapped backwards from the hackle tie in point)
Tag/Rib - Pearsall's Gossamer Silk (Primrose Yellow) - (wrapped forward to form tag and rib)
TYING INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Mount your hook.
2) Attach your tying silk with five snug wraps.
3) Prepare a partridge feather by stripping off the small fibers at the base of the feather.
4) Tye in the partridge feather, with the tip facing out over the eye of the hook. Use only four or five wraps to secure the feather in place.
5) Dub the tying thread and wind it back towards the bend of the hook. Make sure that to taper the dubbing on the thread, so the as you get closer to the bend, the body becomes more slender.
6) Form a small tag with the tying silk and then wrap it forward over the body. By adjusting the pitch of your wraps, you can form the segmentation on the fly.
7) Wrap the partridge hackle back towards the tying silk. Use only one or two wraps of hackle.
8) Wind the silk forward though the hackle fibers, being careful to wiggle it back and forth. This prevents the silk from matting down the hackle fibers.
9) Whip finish with only three or four wraps.
10) Clip off the tying silk and add a small drop of head cement.
