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.
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