hairs ear

[remyboy1]

is a hairs ear nymph imitating a stonefly of sorts?

 

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from what i've read, it doesn't imitate anything in particular, just supposed to look buggy

 

[ChaseChrome]

Nothing like it...a hare's ear imitates a hare's ear...whatever that might be...

 

[remyboy1]

that's why I am asking I thing they resemble fuzzy stoneflies however someone must know what they actually imitate

 

[ChaseChrome]

lets try this again​

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[remyboy1]

I will do the same........................................................so fish eat nothing?
it must have derived from something, as nothing is simply nothing..and we all know fish don't eat rabbit.

 

[ChaseChrome]

I will do the same........................................................so fish eat nothing?
it must have derived from something, as nothing is simply nothing..and we all know fish don't eat rabbit.

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[remyboy1]

fish are like ever seen one of those--nope--heard its an ear of some kind--lets taste it--mm tasty---fly tyer---bust out the rabbit hair we tying the hairs ear

 

[ChaseChrome]

Anyway, it's a good producing pattern along with pheasant tail...all you need to know man...

 

[goodentight]

lets try this again​

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[remyboy1]

that's a great pic.

 

[RobH]

When you're talking about flies, we typically break them down into attractors (Micky fins, intruders so on) and the more species specific patterns or imitators (Magog smelt, muddler minnow so on) but within the imitators, there are those that are more suggestive like the hares ear or zug bug and those that more closely represent the actual insect like a Kaufman stone. The hares ear has been around for a long time and when it was originated, tyers were limited to natural materials as much of what we use today to more closely mimic the natural insect were simply not available so many of the early patterns were very simple and suggestive. As previously stated, the hares ear doesn't represent one thing in nature but can represent many things from may fly nymph, caddis larva, scuds and shrimp.

 

[remyboy1]

I thank you for that Rob--makes sense--seems to me back in the day was a simpler time to fly fish-I now have 845 flies I probably don't need..haha

 

[coldfeet]

But I bet you want more...and more...

 

[remyboy1]

...I do...

 

[coldfeet]

who knows why they hit what they hit. I caught one on a pink zuddler- what the hell does that look like in the river?

 

[remyboy1]

another good point the hairs ear looks like something my dryer spits out...and it seems to be a great fly---man I love fly fishing

 

[ChaseChrome]

another good point the hairs ear looks like something my dryer spits out...and it seems to be a great fly---man I love fly fishing

Seriously...I've used dryer lint before to tie a number of patterns including the scud...

 

[remyboy1]

for such a gullible fish they sure are hard to get into the boat.

 

[ChaseChrome]

for such a gullible fish they sure are hard to get into the boat.

KARMA brother.... :razz: