Hare and Peacock

Tier:  Jack Pangburn

Hook:  Mustad 3906B #8-18.

Thread:  Black.

Weight:  Optional wire.

Tail:  Coachman barbs or light gray yarn if shuck is used.

Rib:  Oval gold tinsel.

Body:  SLF.

Wing:  Rabbit (hare) fur any color black, brown, tan, olive, dun.

Head:  Black lacquered thread shaped.

Instructions

(Drawing by Jack Pangburn)

1.  Clamp your hook in the vise and start thread behind the eye.  Wrap to the bend and tie in the tail, or if you prefer, the yarn shuck.  If you add weight, wrap the rear end of the shank with fine lead-free wire and coat the wraps with cement.  Weight at the back end of the shank forces the hook to fish at proper emerging angle.  Eliminate the weight if tying the yarn shuck.

2.  Tie in and fold-lock a piece of gold oval tinsel.

3.  If you are tying a swimming emerger tie in a tail of coachman soft hackle barbs.  For an emerged adult, separate a small amount of light gray sparkle yarn and tie it in.  Trim the trailing yarn shuck to extend the length of the hook shank past the bend.

4.  Spin some iridescent peacock SLF PrismaFlash dubbing on your thread and wrap the body.  Leave room ahead of the body or you won't have space to tie in the bulky wing and finish the head.  Wind the oval tinsel forward to suggest segmentation, tie it off and trim excess.

5. Cut a bunch of rabbit fur close to the skin, and measure it to reach a little beyond the end of the tail or to the mid-point of the shuck, if one is used.  Position the rabbit fur and tie it in, guard hairs, underfur, and all.  Trim the butt ends of the wing at an angle, cement the butts and wrap over them with thread.

6.  Build a round head, whip and cement thread and finish with black lacquer.