The tying of this fly is as follows.

Light Olive nymph
Hook size standard 14 or12 down eye hook.
Rib pearl flash flat tinsel or silver wireBody fur from a hares mask. Or Rabbit fur colours from light and dark olive Wing case strands of cock pheasant tail
Thorax same as the body


Step by step

Step one. Wind on a few turns of lead wire .
Step two. Secure the led with ting thread finishing at the bend of the hook.
Step three. Tie in a strand of silver wire or pearl flash or both.
Step four . Dub some fur onto the tying thread.
Step five. Wind on the dubbing in a nice tapered shape
Step six. Catch in about a dozen fibres of cock pheasant tail fibres .
Step seven Build up the thorax with more dubbing fur.
Step eight . Pull the cock pheasant fibres forward and trap down and divide.
Step nine. Stroke the cock pheasant fibres back down and under and tie down whip finis and varnish

Thanks for that, very nice indeed. I assume that's seal's fur?

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No Rabbit fur you could use seals fur i just find it a bit course for this pattern

Excellent, a day out with the rifle is in order then... I shall be eating rabbit for supper tomorrow

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Very nice.
A good general purpose pattern & very Sedge pupa-like.

i remember this from a T&S mag.. very simple pattern but versatile

great SBS..

Andy