Hook: Size 2 or 4 long shank streamer fly hook. The early Bumblepuppies were tied on regular wet fly hooks, usually in size 4 or 6. Long hooks were not available during Mr. Gordon's lifetime. Head: Black.

Tail: A small bunch of red hackle fibers, rather long.

Body: White wool or chenille, rather heavy.

Ribbing: A single strand of red wool yarn.

Throat: About two turns of a red and white neck hackle, mixed to make a very long but not heavily dressed collar.

Wing: A bunch of white bucktail, extending slightly beyond the tail of the fly. The lower half of the bunch of bucktail is clipped off at about half its length after it has been tied in. Over the bucktail is a wing of two long but narrow matched sections of a brown turkey tail feather, extending as far as the beginning of the tail.