1 – Mount the weed guard on the first branch of the double hook (see above box A). Wind back the tying thread with tight turns along the shank where it is tied ( do not cut off) and position the second weed guard there on either side of the shank inserting one of its branches between those of the first weed guard. Then proceed as with the first and bring the thread with touching turns to the bend.

  2 – Fold 20cm of 19 strand/12kg wire trace to make a 10cm braid. Insert a #3 link swivel in the loop of the trace. Thread a small stiff tube in an 8cm Mylar braid. Insert the mounted trace, then pull off the tube. Next to the swivel, bind the braid over the trace and tie off. Offer up the whole rig on the shank leaving at least 5cm between the bend and the end of the link. Bind with very tight touching turns down to mid shank. Fold the trace backward, bind it very tightly winding backward level with the barb. Cut off the excess and apply a liberal coating of cyanolite along the whole shank. Leave to dry.

  3 – With the tying thread, form a small ball ( or a cone, as previously), level with the hook points. Apply cyanolite carefully on the ball, and lightly on the Mylar braid to stiffen it a little. Also apply a drop of glue on the loop attaching trace and swivel. (Be careful not to glue the swivel pivot.)

  4 – Thread the silicone runner over the Mylar braid using a threader. Adjust the runner's length to be able to open the link. Remove the threader.

   5 –  Stack a bunch of 10cm Ultra hair fibres. Bring the tying thread to 3 or 4mm in front of the ball. Position the Ultra hair and tie it with two loose turns, then spin the fibres evenly round the shank. Flare the fibres with two or three tight turns. Go on binding with moderately tight touching turns to the top of the ball. Apply cyanolite on the whip finish and the base of the fibres. Leave to dry and snip off excess.

  6 –  Upend the hook and offer up a bunch of about 12cm silver Mylar, tie with two or three turns of thread. Right the hook back in the vice and tie a bunch of Mylar of the colour chosen for the wing.

  7 –  Offer up the chenille, tie it along 1cm or so. Wind the chenille tight down to the waiting thread and tie. In a hair stacker, even out a pinch of 3 to 4cm Ultra hair and tie it with a knot of eight on either side of the shank. The first moustache is thus formed. Wind the thread backward with touching turns on 3 to 4mm. Continue winding the chenille with touching turns. Tie the second moustache. Do the same for the third one.

  8 –  Stop winding the chenille level with the weed guard with a few turns of the thread backward, then forward. Place the weed guards. Form the head with a whip finish and some glue. Apply a drop of cyanolite to cement the knots of each moustache.

  9 –  Trim the moustaches slantwise, a little shorter on one side of the shank than on the other to produce a slight asymmetry. Stick the eyes behind the moustaches with cyanolite gel. Do the same for the topping formed with a rabbit fur strip of 2 to 3cm stuck on a coating of cyanolite gel.

  10 –  Link the first module ( with the single hook) to the link swivel. Set the runner backward to stop on the weed guard of the tail hook. Position the latter by turning it as you wish ( hook point facing upward, downward or sideways). The modular Moustache streamer is ready to catch pike!