Hook: TMC 2457, size 16 (or equivalent)

            Head: 2.3mm silver tungsten bead

            Thread: 6/0 Black

            Tail: Pheasant tail fibers, natural

            Ribbing: Small red wire

            Abdomen: Flat silver tinsel

            Thorax: Stillwater Sparkle Blend Dubbing, Calibaetis

 

Place bead on hook. Attach thread and wrap backward to just below bend of hook. Attach approximately 6 pheasant tail fibers to extend ¼” off back of hook. Attach red wire, then tinsel. Take thread forward to behind bead. Wrap tinsel forward completely covering hook, secure. Spiral wire forward over tinsel to head and secure. Make small dubbing ball behind bead. Whip finish completed fly.