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Metallic Hare's Ear

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

InTheRiffle dressing

  • Hook Tiemco 3769, 12-18
  • Thread Brown UTC 70

Materials

  • Bead Tungsten Gold Bead 5/64-7/64”
  • Tail Natural Hare’s Mask
  • Body Hareline Natural Hares Ear Dubbing
  • Rib Gold tinsel
  • Flash Medium or Large Pearl Flashback
  • Thorax Peacock herl
  • Collar Natural partridge

How to tie it

  1. Bead on, hook mounted, thread started behind the bead and run back to the barb.
  2. Tie in a short tail of pheasant tail fibers, one shank length or slightly less. Bind in the oval tinsel rib at the same point.
  3. Dub a slim, tapered abdomen of hare's mask over the rear 60% of the shank, keeping it thin.
  4. Counter-wrap the gold tinsel rib forward in 4-5 evenly spaced turns and tie off; the metallic rib is the whole point, so keep the turns crisp.
  5. Tie in a strand of pearl mylar as a flashback, then dub a fatter, scruffy hare's ear thorax up to the bead.
  6. Pull the mylar flashback over the thorax to the bead, bind it down, and pick out a few guard hairs for legs. Whip finish and cement.

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