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Tom: I noticed that one too. And with that copper wire and
bead head should be good this time of the year to get even a tiny fly down in
the deeper water, which is where they are holding at the places I fish now,
cause the water is warmer now on bottom than on top.. I'll have to try that...
Thanks, Chuck
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Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 1:32
AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Hare's Ear Dubbing
Question
I also have some pictures of the BHPT on the site. It is
a very simple tie, I put on the bead, lash on some copper wire, take out
four or five pheasant tail barbs and tie on the tail at the bend with a couple
of wraps. Then I lift the barbs out of the way and palmer the thread up
to the bead. Then palmer the feathers, and finally rib it with the
wire. Next I tie on a small peacock herl, wrap it around my thread a
couple of times, then wrap both the herl and the thread together around the
bead twice. Whip finish and done. I can tie these from size
16 to 20 in about five-seven minutes per fly which is a good thing because I
use a lot of them, especially this time of year when nymphs are
small.
This year at Yellowstone I used a size 16 BHPT in the Calibaetis hatch
with great success. I used two in tandem, and would watch for cruising
trout, cast in their pathway and start stripping the flies slowly... it was
fun and very effective. I also have used it as a dropper on a caddis or
mayfly with great success. I've observed that nymphs tuck their legs in when
they swim, so I quit adding legs long ago.
Tom: Thanks.. That is a great looking fly... The
pics help a LOT, Chuck
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Sent:
Thursday, December 22, 2005 6:22 PM
Subject: Re:
[VFB] Hare's Ear Dubbing Question
I tie a Hare's Ear using a bead, cheek hair for the tail
and cream Spirit River Dazeltron for the body. Then I use the Hare's
ear fur to make a spikey hair hackle just behind the bead., and brush the
whole thing out with a clipped toothbrush. I have step by step photo
instructions on my website (link below). Ninety percent of the time
I start out fishing using a size 16 BHHE and a size 18 or 20 BHPT as a
dropper. I have caught a lot of fish on both.
Tom
Folks: On flies like the Bead Head Hare's Ear
Nymph.. Do I just take my whole hare's mask, and cut off both the fine
under fur and the coarse guard hairs and just mix them all together in a
container to get a "fine/course" dubbing combo??? Thanks,
Chuck
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