Hare's Ear & Cree

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Hare's Ear & Cree

Post by joaniebo » Thu Oct 04, 2018 10:26 am

Did these awhile back. Really liked the hackles.
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Re: Hare's Ear & Cree

Post by tie2fish » Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:08 am

They certainly are beautifully "buggy". And I like that hackle too.
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Re: Hare's Ear & Cree

Post by letumgo » Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:48 am

Very nice! Can you please post the detailed recipe? Definitely worth saving & tye up a batch of these.

PS - Where did you get the hackle? Cree hackle is hard to come by.
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Re: Hare's Ear & Cree

Post by joaniebo » Fri Oct 05, 2018 1:03 pm

The dressing was:

Hook: Daiichi 1550 or 1530 (I think those were size 16)
Thread: Danville 6/0 Orange
Body: Hare's Ear Natural Dubbing
Rib: Xtra Small gold wire
Hackle & Tail: Cree Hen

I bought the hen skin from Dave Roberts at The Feather Emporium several years ago but I wouldn't be suprised if he still had more on hand.

As an added note, although I'm probably not correct in naming this dressing as a flymph. When I dress a fly using 2 or 3 hackle turns near the hook eye, I call it a soft hackle or, if appropriate, a North Country Spider If I make 5+ hen / game hackle turns starting at the hook eye and hackled backwards, I refer to that dressing as a flymph (for my own, probably incorrect reference).
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Post by letumgo » Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:46 pm

Thank you. Very helpful! ;)
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Re: Hare's Ear & Cree

Post by Old Hat » Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:44 am

Those are really nice. Cree makes a great hackle for hare patterns. I use it a lot in searching patterns. I like the darker/swollen thorax that it mimics. I like Feather Emporium. Dave has always treated me well.
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Re: Hare's Ear & Cree

Post by joaniebo » Sat Oct 06, 2018 9:31 am

Found an old pic of the whole skin. Gotta check if I still have it as I might have sold it awhile back.
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Post by letumgo » Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:07 am

Drool...drool...
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Re: Hare's Ear & Cree

Post by William Anderson » Tue Oct 09, 2018 1:26 pm

joaniebo wrote: Thu Oct 04, 2018 10:26 am Did these awhile back. Really liked the hackles.
That hackle is one of my favorites. I love the look of a more nuanced shift in tones and the thorax really looks amazing with the list if this hackle. That's a beautiful set.
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Re: Hare's Ear & Cree

Post by Jimkelly » Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:05 am

Very nice.
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