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Guide Choice Hare's Ear

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

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

Materials

  • Bead Gold bead (1 brass or tungsten to size)
  • Tail Natural case (hare's mask guard hairs)
  • Rib Gold middle (fine oval or wire tinsel)
  • Body Hare's ear natural (hare's ear dubbing)
  • Flashback Pearl flashabou (Krystal Flash or Flashabou)
  • Collar Brown partridge (1 soft-hackle feather)

How to tie it

  1. Slide a gold bead to the eye, mount the hook, and start thread behind the bead.
  2. Tie in a short tuft of hare's mask guard hairs at the bend, tail about half a shank.
  3. Bind in the gold rib and a length of pearl Krystal Flash pointing back over the bend.
  4. Dub a shaggy hare's ear body forward to just behind the bead, leaving room for a collar.
  5. Pull the pearl flash forward over the top as a flashback and bind it down behind the bead.
  6. Counter-wrap the rib forward in 4-5 open turns to segment and lock the flash, then tie off and snip.
  7. Wind one or two turns of partridge for a soft-hackle collar, whip finish behind the bead, and pick out the dubbing to look buggy.

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