Parachute Hare's Ear

Materials

How to Tie the Parachute Hare's Ear

1. 1

   Step 1

   Start the tan thread behind the eye and wrap a thread base back to the bend.

2. 2

   Step 2

   Clean the underfur from a small bunch of deer hair and even the tips in a stacker. Tie it in at the bend for the tail, bind the butts along the shank and trim the excess.

3. 3

   Step 3

   Tie in the small gold oval tinsel at the bend and bind it along the shank.

4. 4

   Step 4

   Tie a length of white poly yarn on top of the shank toward the front. Stand it upright with thread wraps in front, then wrap the thread around its base to form a firm post.

5. 5

   Step 5

   Dub the hare's mask onto the thread and wrap a tapered abdomen from the bend up to the back of the post.

6. 6

   Step 6

   Wind the tinsel forward over the abdomen in open turns for the rib. Tie it off behind the post and trim.

7. 7

   Step 7

   Prepare a grizzly saddle hackle by stripping the fibers from the base of the stem. Tie it in at the base of the post and bind the bare stem up the post with thread wraps, then bring the thread back down.

8. 8

   Step 8

   Dub the thorax around the base of the post and in front of it, leaving room behind the eye to tie off the hackle.

9. 9

   Step 9

   Wrap the hackle around the post, placing each turn below the one before. Tie it off at the front, trim the tip and whip finish.

10. 10

    Step 10

    Add a drop of head cement to finish, then trim the post to length.