Start the thread and run it to the bend. Tie in about 5 pheasant tail fibers as a tail slightly less than one shank-length, with a wrap tucked behind to cock it up slightly. Bind the butts.
Tie in the brown Micro Glint rib at the bend.
Strip 5-6 more pheasant tail fibers, even the butts, tie them in at the rear, and wind the thread forward to the thorax point (about 65-70%).
Wind the pheasant tail up the shank as the body, tie off very well, and add a half hitch. Nano Silk and pheasant tail are both slippery.
Counter-wind the Micro Glint rib in even turns opposite the body wraps; tie off.
Measure a wingcase bunch of pheasant tail against the hook gape (err on the generous side), snip the ends even, and tie it in on top facing rearward.
Prepare a speckled brown hen feather with the tip isolated, and tie the tip in upside down (dull side up) at the front of the wingcase, so folding it forward later will splay the legs.
Dub the hare's ear Ice Dub thorax in small pinches, not a dubbing loop, leaving space at the front, and brush it out lightly.
Fold the hen feather forward over the thorax for legs, tie down and trim the stem; then pull the wingcase over between the legs, pull tight, secure in front and behind.
Trim the wingcase butts partway, throw a whip finish before the final trim so the case can't slip, then cut flush, tidy the head and whip finish again.