Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Help.

On Oct 29, 7:33 am, pmjasper wrote:
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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pmjasper
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I tie my GRHE's in 12,14,16. if you want a larger body try an
underbody of chenille and dub over it. I would use a dubbing loop when
tying this nymph. Also wrap the gold wire counter clockwise as it
makes the fly more durable. Last do not crowd the eye, just stop a
bit behind and tie off make a good head.
This is one of the best flies in your box. You can use it any where
you want to fish. Hope this helps...
...Streamcaddis...