3 . Then stack and tie in a clump of deer hair . I use golden brown deer hair . The clump should be held and tied on top of the hook shank with it angling back slightly over the rabbit strip . The tips should be about the same height of the rabbit fur .
4 . From there , grab another dark brown cross-cut rabbit strip and wrap toward the eye of the hook . Leave a little room to tie in rubber legs .
5 . Use 3 or 4 strands of rubber legs hanging on each side of the fly . I tie in the rubber legs near the eye of the hook and make sure they dangle on each side . Whip finish and put some Krazy glue around the thread wraps .
That is everything for the first hook .
6 . Now , place your front hook in the vise and tie in large white dumbbell lead eyes . I wrap my thread up to about two eyes back from the hook eye . I wrap the eyes in with figure eight wraps on top of the hook shank and secure them with Krazy glue .
7 . Grab your 19 strand Beadalon wire and tie in one end on top of the hook shank on the side nearest you , leaving room for the other end of the wire right on top of the other side . Then , run it through your two beads and the eye of the back hook . Tie down the other side of the wire on top of the hook shank right next to the wire you ’ ve already tied down . Fold the wire ends over and tie down . It will be tied off a little past the middle point of the hook shank . Use Krazy glue to help secure them .
8 . Then tie in a clump of brown alpaca fiber and make sure it covers the connection of the hooks on each side of the fly . Each side of the alpaca fiber should extend back to cover the head of the back hook . This helps make the fly appear as one by hiding the connection .
9 . Take about 30 strands of peacock herl and tie them in . These should be long enough to almost reach the deer hair you tied on the back hook . They should be cut even at the tips . I put some Krazy glue around them next to the hook shank to help with durability .
10 . Next , take another dark brown cross-cut rabbit strip and wrap it around the hook shank from the peacock herl . Do this until you reach about the middle , or a little past the middle of the hook shank , leaving room to tie in deer hair and dubbing .
11 . Then move in front of the rabbit strip and take a clump of golden brown deer hair and tie it down on top of the hook shank . Do not spin the hair . Make sure the hair stays on top of the hook shank . This clump will also be used to form the collar .
12 . Use another clump of deer hair and tie it in the same way . It should be pushed up against the dumbbell lead eyes . Sometimes , it takes another clump depending on how close you are to the eyes . You need to be close to the eyes before doing the next step .
13 . Now , take a clump of Dark Tan Senyo Laser Dub and pull it apart in your fingers until you get a clump that stays together about an inch long . Tie this clump onto the bottom of the hook shank just behind the eyes . Tie it in , right in the middle of the clump , and then fold it back and wrap thread around in front of the clump to hold it back in place . The dub should be brushed back toward the hook point on the bottom .
14 . Then , take another clump of golden brown deer hair and tie it on top of the hook shank in front of the eyes . Still keeping it on top of the shank , do not let it spin . It only takes one clump in front of the eyes . This is very close to the hook eye by now . I leave room to tie in one more clump of tan dubbing on the bottom .
15 . Use the same technique as before and tie a clump of laser dub on the bottom of the shank . This will be right next to the eye of the hook . Brush it back on the bottom towards the hook point . This will look like a beard on the bottom of the fly . Whip finish and seal with Krazy glue or head cement .
16 . Finally , take scissors and trim the golden brown deer hair to form the head . I leave a collar , but trim the ends off of the collar so they ’ re even . Then I trim down the head . It should look like the photo .
That ’ s it , a Bearded Wonder !
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