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Hook: Dry Fly #16-#24
Thread: Black 8/0
Body: Grey Antron Dubbing
Halo: Closed-cell packing foam
Spike: Orange Deer Hair

Tying Instructions:
Start by tying on your black thread. Now you are going to want to tie in the Halo. To do this take your closed-cell packing foam and use a piece that sticks out twice as far on each side of the hook as you will want when the fly is finished. It should be tied on perpendicular to the hook shank and about 3/4 of the way towards the eye. Now take the tips of the foam that are sticking out and fold them over so that they are tied down where you originally tied down the foam. This gives it a "bowtie" formation or "halo". Now to tie in the spike get some orange dyed deer hair and tie it in with the tips laying down over the eye. The tips of the spike should protrude past the eye of the hook about as far as the hook shank is long. Make sure your spike is at about a 45 degree angle. Now bring your thread to the rear of the hook and dub the fly forward with your grey antron dubbing. Tie off for the finished fly.

Fly Information:
This fly was made popular by Gary LaFontaine and is included in his book Fly Fishing the Mountain Lakes. The body can be tied in many different colors to match the current hatch. The most popular colors are cream, grey, black, brown, olive and red. You can also tie this fly with a marabou tail to it. Make sure you grease the fly, as it is supposed to be fished hanging in the surface film of the water. It has many attractor characteristics to it, because of the antron body and the halo, that you can still catch fish when the water is covered with naturals.