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Sunday, April 23, 2017

50 Shades Of Hare's Ear: #30

50 Shades Of Hare's Ear


#30  Hot butt


Hook:  Hanak H400BL or choice, sizes 8-18 (size 12 pictured) (The smallest 400 style of hook is 16, but the pattern can be tied on TMC 2457/87 styles.)
Bead:  3.5MM gold tungsten
Thread: UTC 70, tan
Tail:  Natural hare's ear underfur pulled from the cheek area on hare's mask.  Remove guard hairs. Keep tail thin.
Rib:   Hends, gold 0.1MM, counterwrapped
Butt:  UTC70, fl. pink
Body:  Natural hare's ear taken from the base of the ear.
Collar/Thorax:  Same as body.

Notes:

(1)  Simple is better!
(2) Start with UTC70 fl. pink thread and wind down to the butt area.  Tie in a small amount of underfur from the check area for the tail.  Build up a small hot butt and return to the bead area. Switch to tan thread.
(3)  Use the short spiky hair from the base of the ear.  This will make your flies extremely buggy!
(4)  Change up hot butt colors- fl orange, chartreuse, fl, fire orange, or fl. yellow.
(5)  It's hard to beat natural hare's ear ,but olive, brownish olive and black are great colors- especially in small sizes.

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