Guide's Choice Hare's Ear

Materials

How to Tie the Guide's Choice Hare's Ear

1. 1

   Step 1

   Slide the gold bead onto the hook and place it in the vise. Wrap lead-free wire around the shank behind the bead, trim the ends and push the wraps into the back of the bead.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Lock the wire wraps with a little head cement or thin glue applied with a bodkin.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Start the fire orange thread behind the wire and wrap back to the bend, covering the wire and building a smooth taper from the wraps down to the bare shank.

4. 4

   Step 4

   Clip a clump of hare's mask fur with its guard hairs, tie it in at the bend as a short, bushy tail and trim the butts.

5. 5

   Step 5

   Tie in the gold Ultra Wire at the bend.

6. 6

   Step 6

   Dub the light hare's mask onto the thread and wrap a tapered abdomen forward over the rear of the shank.

7. 7

   Step 7

   Rib the wire forward over the abdomen in open spirals, tie it off and break off the excess.

8. 8

   Step 8

   Tie in a few strands of pearl Flashabou on top of the shank at the front of the abdomen, pointing back over the fly.

9. 9

   Step 9

   Tie in peacock herl and wrap it forward to form a full thorax. Tie it off and trim.

10. 10

    Step 10

    Pull the Flashabou forward over the thorax as a wing case, tie it down and trim the excess. Brush the abdomen lightly to free some fibers.

11. 11

    Step 11

    Prepare a partridge feather by stroking the fibers back, tie it in by the tip behind the bead and wrap it as a sparse collar. Tie it off and trim.

12. 12

    Step 12

    Build a short band of fire orange thread behind the bead as a hot spot, whip finish and add a little head cement to the thread.