Materials:
Hook: 14-20 dry
Thread: yellow
Tail: olive brown Z-Lon (or substitute with some other sparkle material)
Body: yellowish dubbing
Wing: deer hair, fanned on top to 180 degrees
Thorax: yellowing dubbing
Instructions:
Clip, clean, and stack a hook gape pinch of flaring deer hair
Attach thread to front third of hook
Measure deer hair wing the length of the hook shank; attach hair with tips over hook eye leaving room between the attachment point and eye for the thorax and head; do not spin the hair
Wrap over the but ends of the hair to tie it firmly to the hook; clip extra at an angle away from the wing towards the hook bend; wrap over the cut ends
Attach a strand of Z-Lon or other flashy tail material behind the cut end of the deer hair wing; wrap to hook bend; wrap a tapered body with the thread bringing thread to tail; clip tail to desired length (a bit less than hook shank)
Dub a thin body over the tapered thread body keeping the taper; stop one wrap short of the deer hair wing
Push (or pull) the deer hair tips back toward the hook bend to flare them to 180 degrees; wrap a thread dam under the wing on the eye side of the wing to make the wing stand up
Dub a thorax
Wrap a small head; whip finish; head cement.
