Hook size: 12-16.

Wing: Wood duck.

Tail: Cree hackle barbules or a mixture of ginger and grizzly.

Body: Natural seal's fur mixed with dyed red seal, a little hare's ear and a little muskrat fur. The color should be a grayed, mixed pink. Ribbed with narrow oval gold tinsel.

Hackle: A mixture of one Cree hackle and one medium natural dun.

Dry fly number four 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.

*Note: This fly will approximate certain pinkish-bodied naturals, and is even useful for some of the spinners with pink or reddish bodies.