Hares Ear & Snipe
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Hares Ear & Snipe
Hares Ear & Snipe
Hook - Daiichi 1510/Size 8
Thread - Black UNI-Thread (6/0)
Hackle - Snipe (coverlet feather)
Rib - Narrow Gold Metal Oval Tinsel
Tail - Snipe (tail feather from lower back)
Body - Hares Ear Dubbing (Dark Olive)
Hook - Daiichi 1510/Size 8
Thread - Black UNI-Thread (6/0)
Hackle - Snipe (coverlet feather)
Rib - Narrow Gold Metal Oval Tinsel
Tail - Snipe (tail feather from lower back)
Body - Hares Ear Dubbing (Dark Olive)
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Re: Hares Ear & Snipe
I like the look of the shorter tail better for some reason.
Note - The flies look pretty scraggly because I roughed them up quite a bit with velcro to get the dubbing fibers to stick out along the body. The flies are rough looking, but that was what I was going for.
Second Note - This is the first tying I have tyed with snipe feathers. I was surprised with how delicate they are and how fine the center stem is. They seem to be more delicate than partridge feathers. The feathers seem to have a bit more webbing on them (the fibers cling together more) and are very soft.
Note - The flies look pretty scraggly because I roughed them up quite a bit with velcro to get the dubbing fibers to stick out along the body. The flies are rough looking, but that was what I was going for.
Second Note - This is the first tying I have tyed with snipe feathers. I was surprised with how delicate they are and how fine the center stem is. They seem to be more delicate than partridge feathers. The feathers seem to have a bit more webbing on them (the fibers cling together more) and are very soft.
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Re: Hares Ear & Snipe
Nice flies Ray
I like hares ear for that reason,in a split thread or dubbingloop it looks even more roughed.
Klaas
I like hares ear for that reason,in a split thread or dubbingloop it looks even more roughed.
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Re: Hares Ear & Snipe
Buggy looking. The fish will gobble'em up.
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Re: Hares Ear & Snipe
Ray, this is a really nice looking pattern. That wide rib gives it an old Wet fly look. It seems like a very productive assembly. The proportions are nice too. I think it would take me a few attempts to get it to look right on a size 8 hook. Technically, isn't that a streamer?
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Re: Hares Ear & Snipe
Ray,
This pattern will tear it up where I am from. I haven't ever used flat tinsel much, pretty much had forgotten about it. How durable do you find it to be? I have had issues in the past.
This pattern will tear it up where I am from. I haven't ever used flat tinsel much, pretty much had forgotten about it. How durable do you find it to be? I have had issues in the past.
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Re: Hares Ear & Snipe
Scott - I haven't fished this fly so I can not comment on it's durability. I am hoping that this fly is a durable, since the rib is depressed into the dubbing body. The tinsel is an oval metal tinsel which I have also used on bucktails. Occasionally fish can break the oval metal rib, but the fly is still fishable once the broken rib is trimmed off. I just like the look of the shiny ribbing against the dubbed body.
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Re: Hares Ear & Snipe
Those KILL Ray.
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Re: Hares Ear & Snipe
Thanks Mark. I can see you have been digging deeply into past postings on this site. There are over six hundred wonderful patterns (643 patterns and counting). I enjoy going back and rediscovering everyones patterns. Glad you diggin' this site.
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OH YEAH! i'm diggin deep into this site and diggin' the site itself.....a TON! Flymphs were the first thing i ever got into.....and i love nothin' more than foldin' and wrapin' hackle.........all my flies really are, is some crazy psychadelic combination of soft hackles, streamers, Salmon flies, with a serious Spey and Steelhead influence, sometimes with a bead thrown in, anyway. DAMN, "write that down." Seriously though.....there is a ton of great info here at this site, and it's a lotta fun to go through and see what's been contributed by a lot of wonderful tyers. Tkx. for the welcome.
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