What it imitates
A small fish or a big sedge, depending how you fish it.
When to fish it
Stripped for trout chasing fry, or waked across a lake in a summer wave.
Materials
- Deer hair for the head
- Grey squirrel tail
- Mottled turkey quill slips
- Gold tinsel
- Brown thread
Steps
- 1
Tie in a small turkey quill tail and wind a gold tinsel body.
- 2
Add an underwing of grey squirrel tail and a matched pair of turkey slips over it.
- 3
Spin a bunch of deer hair at the front, packing it back tight.
- 4
Spin a second bunch and pack again until the head is dense.
- 5
Whip finish, then trim the head to a neat bullet shape with sharp scissors.