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Hares Ear RubberLegs-Beadhead

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Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2XL nymph/curved (TMC 5262), 12-16
  • Thread Brown 8/0

Materials

  • Gold tungsten or brass bead Gold bead (3.0-3.8mm to match hook)
  • Lead-free wire (optional) Silver lead free wire (6-8 turns)
  • Brown hackle fibers Brown hackle fibers (small clump (tail))
  • Gold wire rib Gold wire (small, one length)
  • Hare's mask dubbing Natural hare (abdomen and thorax)
  • Round rubber legs Barred brown rubber legs (one strand)

How to tie it

  1. Slide a gold bead onto the hook small-hole first, seat it behind the eye, start thread, and lock the bead with 6-8 turns of lead-free wire pushed up into it.
  2. Wrap to the bend and tie in a small clump of brown hackle fibers for a tail, one shank length long.
  3. Tie in gold wire at the bend for the rib.
  4. Dub a slim, tapered abdomen of hare's mask forward to the 60% mark.
  5. Rib the gold wire forward in 5-6 open turns and helicopter off the tag.
  6. Bind a strand of barred round rubber across the shank, figure-8ing so a leg kicks off each side at the thorax.
  7. Dub a fat, scruffy hare's-ear thorax to the bead and pick out guard hairs for legs.
  8. Whip finish behind the bead and cement.

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