Allan,

Option 1 with the following differences:

I usually never use wire.

I always tie the hackle by the stem and the chenille at the eye of the hook, run the thread back to the tail tie-in point and then wind the chenille to the tail tie-in point and do a couple wraps of thread to trap it there and then palmer the hackle back to the tail tie-in point and tie it in with the thread and then run the thread through the body to the front and whipfinish. I prefer to use the tying thread instead of wire so I usually never use wire.