Hare's Face Midge

[scotfly]

This is the Hare?s Face Midge, an excellent dry fly on running and Stillwater. Fish when midges are about or use as a general dry fly or when you?re not sure what the fish are taking.

Instructions assume right-handed tyers

HOOK ? Kamasan B170 #14
THREAD ? Yellow 8/0
TAG ? Glo-Brite Floss #4 Red
RIB ? Gold Wire
BODY ? Hare?s Mask Dubbed
WING ? White CDC
HACKLE ? Furnace Cock

STEP 1
            Using the floss as a thread, attach it at the point shown, wrap down a little round the bend and back to the tie in point



Then throw on a half hitch and detach.



STEP 2
             Attach the tying thread and wrap it over the end of the floss



STEP 3
           Take a couple of more wraps over the floss caching in the rib as you go. Then apply a pinch of dubbing to the thread



STEP 4
            Wrap the dubbed thread to form the body



STEP 5
           Wrap the rib



STEP 6
              Tie in two CDC feathers for the wing.



Then trim the waste and cut the wing to length



STEP 7
           Tie in the hackle. If you don?t have a furnace hackle Red Game will do fine.



Then wrap the hackle



STEP 8
            Trim the waste, form a neat head and varnish for the completed fly.



You can trim the hackles beneath the hook to make it sit flush in the surface film.

[Ian_M]

nice one scotfly, like the idea of using the floss as the tying silk to form the tag.

[Wildfisher]

That looks like a real killer. Highly visible too

[murgord]

nice looking fly....