50 Shades Of Hare's Ear
#5 Wingcase tips form legs
Hook: Hends BL554, Size 12
Weight; To suit
Thread: 6/0 Danville, orange #7
Tail: 4 to 6 pheasant tail fibers, natural
Ribbing: Lagartun, gold, small oval
Body: Natural hare's ear taken from the ear,
Wingcase: Pheasant tail fibers, natural
Legs: The tips of the wingcase are brought forward, secured with a few wraps of thread, then split evenly and tied off on each side.
Thorax: Same as body. Picked out.
Notes:
(1) With the exception of the thread color this variation is fairly common.
(2) To measure the legs simply align the tips of the wingcase to the end of the tail or slightly longer. Secure the wingcase to top of the shank in the thorax region and apply dubbing,
#6 Deer Hair Dubbing and Thread Head Hot Spot
Hook: Hends BL554, Size 12
Weight; Weight heavily. I use tungsten sheeting cut into narrow strips and then wrap strip around the shank triple layering the thorax.
Thread: UTC 70, Fl. orange
Tail: Guard hair from the forehead of the hare's mask, natural
Ribbing: Lagartun, gold, small oval
Body: 50% natural hare's ear taken from the ear . 15% black or dark brown deer hair. 15% tan deer hair, 10% Sybai Fine Flash, ultravoilet and 10% Ice Dubbing, orange mixed thoroughly.
Wingcase: Ozark Oak mottled turkey
Thorax: Same as body. Picked out.
Notes:
(1) Deer hair is a very under-utilized and buggy dubbing material, but tough to dub by itself Excellent movement when wet!
(2) This variation doesn't represent anything specific (maybe cased caddis), but it must look like food to the fish! I definitely recommend tying a few for your box.
(3) Try different color combinations, but match thread color and Ice Dubbing or Sybai's Fine Flash. Chartreuse, fl. pink, fl fire orange and yellow are good change-ups.
(4) Black or coffee color tungsten beads are very effective. Complete with a small amount of dark deer hair picked out for legs (or hackle). Thread color becomes the hot spot behind the bead.
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