• HOOK: Mustad 254SS

• THREAD: Black flat waxed nylon or monocord

• TAIL: A dozen strands of white bucktail cinched down at rear of hook. A half dozen strands of silver flashabou or Polarflash wrapped around the thread at the 50% mark and cinched down to make a dozen fibers extend slightly beyond the bucktail. Next tye in a white saddle hackle (dull side up) on top of the hook shank near the bend of the hook.  Next take a grey saddle hackle (dull side down), and tye in on top of the white.  Next take a light blue saddle hackle and tye in on top of the grey saddle (dull side down). 

• BODY: Pearl body braid...Wrap body braid up near eye of hook and tye off.

• WING: Start by taking a pinch of white bucktail and securing down on top of shank just behind the eye.  Slightly roll the bucktail around the hook so that you get a 180 degree effect.  Next take grey bucktail and tye in directly on top of the white.  Add a half dozen strands of lavender crystal flash.  Next tye in a pinch of olive bucktail directly on top of the grey.  Finish off by tying in a half dozen strands of peacock crystal flash or Rainbow thread.

• BELLY: A pinch of white bucktail tyed in below the upper wings.

• HEAD: Black flat waxed nylon or monocord.

• EYE: white with black pupil

Mike said that he ties this fly on 4/0 hooks, but since I didnt have any except long shank ones I tyed it on a 2/0. This pattern, I'm sure, is much smaller than the one Mike describes, but it still seems to do the trick.  After receiving his email this past Saturday, I went to the vise and tyed a couple up.  I then headed out to Pamet Harbor just before the tide bottomed out, and my fly fishin buddy and I scored fairly well with this fly.  We were hi-sticking them in the current and just holding them off the bottom...No retrieve....bam bam bam...Go tye some and see what I mean !!

Hey, hey, hey!!! Jeff...

PS....please forgive for the poor photo...I just couldn't seem to get the colors to stand out...better luck next time.... ;-)