HARE'S EAR - Readers Cast (Tom Travis) - Oct 5, 2015

HARE'S EAR


Over the past one hundred years most of the major authors have mentioned the popularity of fly patterns constructed using Hare's Ear Fur. In American Fly Fishing history the current most well known pattern is the Hare's Ear Nymph or Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph and prior to that it was the Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Wet Fly however the history and use of the Hare's Ear Fur goes way back into the far reaches of fly fishing history.


In the world of today the Hare's Ear Nymph or Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph is very popular but remember the art of nymphing began with G. E. M. Skues and the publication of Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream, in 1910. You also need to be aware that the art of nymphing did not sweep through the world of fly fishing like a runaway brush fire, rather it grew slowly to gain the popular acceptance that nymphing enjoys in the modern world of the fly fisher. Even today there are fly fisher's to refuse to nymph and of course that is their right to do so.

You sure did a lot of research. Thanks for the all of the work you did to complete a fine article.

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Originally Posted by rtidd

HARE'S EAR


Over the past one hundred years most of the major authors have mentioned the popularity of fly patterns constructed using Hare's Ear Fur. In American Fly Fishing history the current most well known pattern is the Hare's Ear Nymph or Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph and prior to that it was the Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Wet Fly however the history and use of the Hare's Ear Fur goes way back into the far reaches of fly fishing history.


In the world of today the Hare's Ear Nymph or Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph is very popular but remember the art of nymphing began with G. E. M. Skues and the publication of Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream, in 1910. You also need to be aware that the art of nymphing did not sweep through the world of fly fishing like a runaway brush fire, rather it grew slowly to gain the popular acceptance that nymphing enjoys in the modern world of the fly fisher. Even today there are fly fisher's to refuse to nymph and of course that is their right to do so.

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I have been tying mine with Alpaca Hair. They work for me.

Rick