TBH collared hare and copper

 

A very effective fly yet perhaps the simplest of bead heads to tie. I think it's all about form and function and of course the hot spot added by the collar. This is one of my heavier flies and as well as the tungsten bead includes 9 or 10 wraps of the appropriate size lead wire.

Materials

 

Hook Thread Weight Tail Rib Body & thorax Collar
Knapek N or Tiemco 3761 size #8 to #14 Brown TBH + lead wire Ginger hen hackle fibres Fine copper wire 50/50 grey/brown rabbit underfur and Tiemco seals fur dubbing in hare's ear colour Datam glow-bite florescent floss Nr 2

Process

 

A
  1. Most beads have a large opening at one end and a smaller opening at the other. Slide a copper tungsten bead over the point of the hook small opening first and position it behind the eye of the hook.
  2. Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook.
  3. If your going to add extra weight do that know . . . I always do because I want this fly to sink quickly and stay in the zone longer.
  4. Tie in a tail equal 1/2 to 2/3 the length of the hook shank. Resist the temptation to make the tail too bulky and too long.
  5. Tie in a length of copper wire.

 

B
  1. Dub on a body starting at almost nothing and gradually increasing in width along the fly.
  2. Tie the pink floss directly behind the bead taking care to lock the brown thread in during that process.
  3. Trim the brown thread off.

 

C
  1. Wind the wire ribbing along the dubbed body of the fly forming 5 or 6 segments.
  2. Take one extra firm turn of the wire behind the bead and worry off the excess wire.
  3. Put a little colored UV dubbing onto the thread.

 

D
  1. Take a couple of turns of pink floss directly behind the bead forming a thin thread collar.
  2. Whip finish behind the bead.
  3. Varnish the thread collar and the bead itself. If you don't varnish the bead it will tarnish quite quickly.

 



Last Updated: October 14, 2012
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