Indication
Warm-water fly fishing panfish, bass, and brown trout
Instructions
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Slice a wine cork into discs, thickness as desired to match the hook.
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Use a .30-'06 rifle brass case as a punch. Bevel the case mouth with a file, and maybe file a few "teeth" around its rim.
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Push and turn the punch through the cork disc. Lightly sand the resulting cylinder if you like.
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Push in a pin and dip the disc in modeling paint. A primer coat first works best.
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For spots, file flat the tip of a fine nail and dip it into the little puddle of paint that clings to the inside of the paint cap.
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When it's all dry, file a slot lengthwise with a hacksaw.
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Insert a #10 or #8 hook in your vise, cover the hook with monochord, tie on a pair of feathers, wind a collar of soft hackle ahead of the feathers.
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Coat the thread shank with superglue and press the cork slot onto it.
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When all has set, push a heated dubbing needle crosswise through the cork, then pass a bobbin threader through the hole and use it to pull the rubber legs through.
Doctor's notes
Of course you can do this with various foams or even pre-shaped commercially available bodies, and it works just fine. But this is the rustic way.