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Parachute Hare's Ear

Dry Fly · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook standard dry fly, 12-18
  • Thread tan 8/0

Materials

  • Dry fly hackle Grizzly hackle (1 feather)
  • Calf body hair or poly yarn (post) White calf body hair (small clump)
  • Hare's mask guard hairs (tail) Natural hare s ear dubbing (small bunch)
  • Hare's ear dubbing Natural tan hare s ear dubbing (pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base and tie in a small bunch of hare's mask fibers as a tail one shank length long.
  2. Stand a white post at the 65% mark with criss-cross turns and a front thread dam.
  3. Dub a shaggy, tapered hare's ear body from the bend up to and past the post; leave it buggy and pick it out later.
  4. Tie in the grizzly hackle at the post and wind 4-5 turns down the post, then secure.
  5. Sweep the fibers up, whip finish at the eye, and cement the post base.
  6. Pick out the dubbing with a bodkin to rough up the guard hairs into a life-like fuzz.

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