Hi guys.
As we know, here in NJ specifically, the Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear is an
absolute killer and might be the most widely used nymph pattern on the
trout streams. I attempted to tie a few #16's this weekend but they
came out looking horrible, not buggy at all. I attempted to pick out
some dubbing but they are so small it is difficult and will have to be
retied. Therefore, I was wondering if anyone had any links to tying the
GRHE that may help me.
I feel I have three main issues that I have to work on when tying this
patten:
First, the GRHE dubbing I have does not contain many guard hairs in it
and thus has kind of a uniform texture and color. I need to know how I
could add some hairs and dub them into the body (My dubbing technique
needs work).
Second, when dubbing the body of the fly, I wax the thread and twist
the dubbing clockwise in a fairly tight fashion, as if I don't wrap it
tight the body loses shape and wants to unravel. Also if I want to
increase the width of the fly I make two or three wraps over each
other. I'm wondering if it should be done that way or if I should just
add a great amount of dubbing to that section.
Finally, a proble that seems to affect all my flies is that i crowd the
eye of the hook making it difficult to knot in the end. It should be a
faily easy solution of just leaving a little more room near the eye of
the hook but sometimes that affects the taper of the nymph, thus I know
it's something I need to work on.
Again, if anyone has any links on tying the GRHE or tips, it would be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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