Thankx for the explanation Jeff. Makes sense thinkinking about it from a regional point of view....specially since i know nothing about your area (Kansas) tailwaters. I did however catch a few fish in Arkansas using nymphs, specially on the Northfork. That was mostly at the handicapped access, up by that island....(either side).....you know the one, lol. Where that nut case yells at all the fisherman from up above, and continuely starts up outboard motors and screams and hollars. Fishing is GREAT there if you don't mind putting up with the side show, lol. Flashback nymphs is what worked for me, although i will admitt that a plain 'ole olive lead eyed Wolly Bugger tyed by my wife, was the best fly i used. Seems you could hook-up with a nice fat Rainbow on almost every cast, if presented right. mark......
From: Jeff Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [VFB] Another Important "Hares Ear" Question
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:41:50 -0800 (PST)
I am not catching many fish on the tailwaters with mayfly nymphs, at least not in Arkansas and Missouri. It seems to be a lot of scuds, sowbugs and streamers. Now if we were to go to a spring fed river like the North Fork of the White (not the Norfork) in Missouri or most of the spring fed rivers in MO, hare's ear and prince nymph work well for me. This is just my regional experience. Tailwaters in Colorado may very well fish great with hares ear.
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Jeff, i'm curious as to why you say "moving water that's not tailwater" ??????? Is there some certain reason you exclude tailwater(s) when making that same decision? mark.....
From: Jeff Frye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:12:46 -0800 (PST)
>This is my favorite fly and the one that gets tied on first when I hit any kind of moving water that's not tailwater. One of the cool things is being able to use lots of different colors since those fuzzy bunnies don't come in one color and if we want we can dye them. I use 3 colors, tan, chocolate brown and olive. From there you can change up a lot of stuff like tail material, wire ribbing, wingcase, bead and thread color. One of my favorites is made with Rub-A-Dub. It's hare's dubbing made with chopped up fine rubber . The material is made by Montana Fly Co., but you could easily make it yourself with the guts of a bungy cord. Makes it look crazy buggy. It's a bit of a challenge for the rope dub (for me, not Don) so I use a dubbing block and make a dubbing brush using fine gauge copper wire. (That's right, Ridderbos, I found use for that thing). Out of the 15 you get in that swap, no two are going to look the same. Happy tying
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>From: Desert Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:12:43 AM
>Subject: [VFB] Another Important "Hares Ear" Question
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>In working with and playing with my GRHE and BHGRHE I have an interesting
>phenomenon. Maybe I am using materials from the wrong places but I have an
>interesting outcome. I have bodies and Thoraxes that range from a deep,
>almost "chocolate" brown all the way to a medium gunmetal gray, with
>everything in between.
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>For those that have tied a GRHE, or those working or playing with them, is
>this normal? The reason I ask is, if this is "expected", what is the
>"intended" color of a GRHE, or is it expected to have a range of colors??
>This gets interesting as one works with it.
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>Just another question.
>Jimi
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