Hook size: 12-16

Wing: Hackle points from a light, glassy natural dun.

Tail: Pale dun hackle barbules.

Body: Very pale cream fox-belly fur, ribbed with narrow oval gold tinsel.

Hackle: Very light Cree, or one pale ginger and one light grizzly hackle wound so as to mix the colors.

Dry fly number one from John Atherton as found in the classic book entitled, "The Fly and the Fish" pub. 1951. Atherton did extensive research on "light patterns" of dry flies. This can be seen in his dry fly dressings, which call for many combinations of materials and favor the use of Cree Hackle.