Originator: James Waltham

Step 1

Mount a hook in the vise and cover the thorax area with thread.

Step 2

Slide a piece of monofilament through two silverlined glass beads.

Step 3

Fold the monofilament and tie in the loop with a couple of loose thread wraps.

Step 4

With moderate pressure on the thread, pull the loop backwards so that the beads become more or less fixed on each side of the hook. Add a drop of superglue between the beads, which from here on will start to go under the name 'eyes'.

Step 5

Make a few figure-8 wraps between the eyes before the superglue has set.

Step 6

Wrap the thread back to the bend.

Step 7

Tie in a tail using guardhairs from the cheek area of the hare's mask. Tie down the waste all the way up to the eyes.

Step 8

Tie in a piece of fine silver wire on the far side of the hook, a piece of oval gold tinsel on the near side of the hook and finally a piece of holographic mylar tinsel on top of the hook.

Step 9

Tie down all three back to the bend.

Step 10

Dub the thread with underfur from the mask's cheeks.

Step 11

Wrap the dubbed thread about 2/3 of the body.

Step 12

Rib the body with the oval tinsel, counter clockwise for additional durability. Tie in the tinsel and cut the waste.

Step 13

Fold the mylar tinsel up on top of the body and tie it down with a couple of wraps immediately in front of it. Do NOT cut the waste.

Step 14

Take the silver wire and lay it between the tail and the hook. When the gold tinsel wraps start, go in with the silver wire in its tracks. Follow the gold tinsel and tie down the flashback. Tie in the wire with the thread and cut the waste.

Step 15

Fold the mylar tinsel backwards over itself and make a couple of wraps just in front of the abdomen.

Step 16

Dub the thread again.

Step 17

Build up a thorax with the dubbed thread.

Step 18

Fold the mylar tinsel over the thorax and tie it down with the thread just behind the eyes. Do NOT cut the waste.

Step 19

Dub the thread one last time.

Step 20

Wrap the dubbing between and under the eyes to form a head. Let the thread hang in front of the eyes.

Step 21

Fold the mylar tinsel over the head and tie it down behind the hook eye. Now you can cut the waste.

Step 22

Make a whip-finish and cut the thread.

Done...

This is designed to be fished close to the surface and that's why no weight is used. The flashback will reflect the light coming from above the water. These reflections will in turn bounce back down from the surface, right above the fly. This will attract attention and tell the fish that "this isn't 'just another nymph' coming drifting... this one's coming with a halo".

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