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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

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface.jpg)

Then throw on a half hitch and detach.

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-1.jpg)

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

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-2.jpg)

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

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-3.jpg)

STEP 4
            Wrap the dubbed thread to form the body

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-4.jpg)

STEP 5
           Wrap the rib

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-5.jpg)

STEP 6
              Tie in two CDC feathers for the wing.

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-6.jpg)

Then trim the waste and cut the wing to length

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-7.jpg)

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

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-8.jpg)

Then wrap the hackle

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-9.jpg)

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

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-10.jpg)

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

(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/Haresface-11.jpg)