#48 Hare's Ear Teal Hackle
Notes:
(1) Water fowl hackle offers excellent movement when tied long. Combine this with the silky swaying of an after shank feather called filoplume and hare's ear you're bound to have a dynamite pattern.
(2) I used several variations of this nameless pattern for over 35-years with great success. It is mainly a lake pattern for British Columbia, but has found some success in the deeper pools of Washington's Cascade Mountain Range rivers chasing bull trout.
(3) The original version calls for a very thin tail of marabou with the remaining portion of the feather wrapped to the midway point of hook. The forward body is rabbit spun in a dubbing loop so all the guard hairs point rearward. Either mallard of teal tied long to the midway point of the tail finishes the fly. The whole idea behind the pattern came from trying to find hackle stronger than pheasant rump for the infamous Carey Special.
(4) The rear body is formed just like the Hare's Ear/Snowshoe Rabbit Emerger and Hare's Ear Soft Hackle. This time I replaced the tinsels with Glitter Thread doubled.
(4) The forward portion of the body (May also be a thorax) is filoplume- the aftershank feather from the pheasant rump. To see a filoplume feather and one method for tying it in check out the Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Filoplume Prince.
(5) There are a whole host of color possibilities with this pattern. Natural is "light's out," but olive, brown and black (in order) are great colors to fish your favorite lake!
(2) I used several variations of this nameless pattern for over 35-years with great success. It is mainly a lake pattern for British Columbia, but has found some success in the deeper pools of Washington's Cascade Mountain Range rivers chasing bull trout.
(3) The original version calls for a very thin tail of marabou with the remaining portion of the feather wrapped to the midway point of hook. The forward body is rabbit spun in a dubbing loop so all the guard hairs point rearward. Either mallard of teal tied long to the midway point of the tail finishes the fly. The whole idea behind the pattern came from trying to find hackle stronger than pheasant rump for the infamous Carey Special.
(4) The rear body is formed just like the Hare's Ear/Snowshoe Rabbit Emerger and Hare's Ear Soft Hackle. This time I replaced the tinsels with Glitter Thread doubled.
(4) The forward portion of the body (May also be a thorax) is filoplume- the aftershank feather from the pheasant rump. To see a filoplume feather and one method for tying it in check out the Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Filoplume Prince.
(5) There are a whole host of color possibilities with this pattern. Natural is "light's out," but olive, brown and black (in order) are great colors to fish your favorite lake!
Materials
Hook: Any 3XL nymph hook. Sizes 6- 14 (Pictured is a Firehole 839, size 12.)
Thread: 6/0 or 8/0. Tan UTC 70 pictured finished by marking the last few inches with brown indelible ink.
Tail: Teal dyed brown (Nature's Spirit)
Tail: Teal dyed brown (Nature's Spirit)
Body: Hare's ear. Color of choice. Raked directly from the ear. Twisted with gold wire and doubled Glitter Thread, rust. Wound to approximately the 60-percent mark. Forward portion of the body is pheasant rump filoplume spun in the split thread method.
Hackle: Teal dyed brown. Even the tips, cut away from the stem and form evenly around the shank. Secure, trim away butt ends, form small head and whip finish.
Hackle: Teal dyed brown. Even the tips, cut away from the stem and form evenly around the shank. Secure, trim away butt ends, form small head and whip finish.
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