New Hope

1. Start yellow monocord near hook point wrap back to bend, wrap back 1/8" tie in orange monocord wind forward and back 3 layers, start red monocord and repeat.
2. Tie in peacock herl wrap back 3/8" let thread hang. Wrap peacock herl to thread and secure
3. Tie in white Kreinik metallic thread, holographic tinsel and long peacock herl, wrap thread to within 1/2" of eye let hang.
4. Wrap metallic thread to hanging thread, secure and clip off excess.
5. Counter wind metallic tinsel to thread and secure, follow tinsel with peacock herl so it sets right behind but does not cover tinsel. Secure with thread.
6. Tie in small clump of white bucktail.
7. Start 6/0 black thread and wrap forward tie in a small clump of red fuzzy hackle fibers as a throat.
8. Then tie in wing hackles first, olive grizzly, then yellow and finally white .
9. Tie in feathers for cheek, first Tragopan body feather, then olive hen saddle feather and finally a small Tragopan eye feather.
10. Tie in center section of peacock eye feather.
11. Form head with thread and tie off, coat head with two to three coats of head cement.

Sarah's Desert Sunset

1. Start red monocord at halfway point wrap back to bend, wrap back 1/4" tie in peacock herl wrap back 1/8" let thread hang.
2. Wrap peacock herl to thread and secure.
3. Tie in red three strand metallic thread, holographic tinsel and long peacock herl, wrap thread to within 1/2" of eye let hang.
4. Wrap metallic thread to hanging thread, secure and clip off excess.
5. Counter wind metallic tinsel to thread and secure, follow tinsel with peacock herl so it sets right behind but does not cover tinsel secure with thread.
6. Tie in small clump of whtie and yellow bucktail.
7. With remaining or new piece of herl wrap a small tight section about 1/8" long secure with red monocord and make a band about 1/8" long add a couple of half hitches and clip off red thread, coat with head cement and let dry.
8. Start 6/0 black thread and wrap in wing hackles first white, then red next, yellow on top of the red and finally furnace to top off wing.
9. Tie in feathers for cheek, first guinea body feather, then pheasant shoulder feather and finally a single spot from a guinea feather.
10. Form head with thread and tie off, coat head with two to three coats of head cement.

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