Step 1
1. Bed the hook with black thread and wind the thread back to the bend of the hook.
Step 2
2. Tie in a bunch of guard hair fibres from a Hare's face as a tail. Wind thread back to the bend.
Step 3
3. Tie in the gold tinsel/wire rib.
Step 4
4. Dub on some Hare's mask and form a body.
Step 5
5. Bring the gold rib forward in even turns and tie off.
Step 6
6. Tie in the thorax cover, shiny side up. I like to varnish it before tying in to make sure that the fibres don't split up.
Step 7
7. Dub a thorax of hare's mask, leaving enough space for a neat head.
Step 8
8. Bring the thorax cover forward, build up a neat head, whip finish and varnish. The finished fly!
