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Deb's Guide's Choice Hare's Ear

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

  • Hook 1-2XL nymph hook, 12-18
  • Thread Brown or black 8/0

Materials

  • Gold bead Gold bead (1)
  • Hare's ear guard hairs (tail) Natural hare s ear dubbing (small bunch)
  • Gold rib Gold middle (1 length)
  • Hare's ear dubbing Natural hare s ear dubbing (as needed)
  • Pearl flash (flashback) Pearl flashabou (1 slip)
  • Partridge soft hackle collar Natural partridge (1-2 turns)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the gold bead to the eye, start thread and wrap to above the barb.
  2. Tie in a short tail of hare's guard hairs and the gold rib.
  3. Dub a rough hare's ear abdomen two-thirds up the shank and rib the wire forward.
  4. Tie in a strip of pearl flash, then dub a shaggy thorax behind the bead.
  5. Pull the flash over the thorax and secure behind the bead.
  6. Wrap one to two turns of partridge as a collar, sweep back, and whip finish.

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