my feable attempt at that gold....

[Normand]

....ribbed hares ear dry fly

i am not a big dry fly tyer, so here is my attempt at that fly




needs longer tails (i use brown mottled turkey flat fibers. couldn't see wasting 3 brown hackles just for the stems)

more hackle wraps in front of wing (there's 3 up there now)

that wing is a b#*ch to tie

[kbproctor]

Not bad! Not bad at all!

This is the way Charlie Craven showed me to do the wings one day in his shop.

Pinch the slips and hold them to the shank. LOOSELY make a couple of wraps of thread where you want to tie it all down and then with one quick motion, pull up on the thread to cinch the wing in place all at once. Tip the wing forward and make a few wraps behind it to hold it upright. The trick is to not turn that sucker loose until you have it locked in place.

[JeffHamm]

Very nice Norman.

- Jeff

[Mark Vendon]

Hi Normand,

The tails look fine to me. The wings could be just a "hare" shorter and have more of a wider split, and I personally like more hackle tied in front of the wing like you wrote. I actually like tying quill wings on dry's. They are some of the most nice looking fly's out there when tied just right. Here's a size 20 94840 no hackle that I tied last week for this coming season. My camera's shutter/eye is physically broken so that's why it appears to be over exposed. I normally don't comment/critique on another persons fly without at least some form of knowing that I can at least tie the same type of wing.



Regards,
Mark

[tigfly]

Mark, I like the no hackle. I have been trying to tie them, but I can't get the wings to stand upright and out to the sides. My wings tend to lay back against the side of the fly sort of like a wet fly wing but a little more upright. Do you have any advice on how to get the wings set correctly? I've made a dozen attempts and cut each one apart because they didn't look right.

[Donald Nicolson]

With all this interest in the GRHE dry fly, I was
browsing in the Archive I found this American pattern -

'The Dry Fly and Fast Water' by George M. L. La Branche (1914).
I have not tried dressing it but thought it would be of interest.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Normand, Very, very nice. That dog will hunt, or fly will fish, your choice. Nice photo as well.

REE

[chewydog]

Nice fly Normand, but isn't it supposed to be pink?...

[Mark Vendon]

Mark, I like the no hackle. I have been trying to tie them, but I can't get the wings to stand upright and out to the sides. My wings tend to lay back against the side of the fly sort of like a wet fly wing but a little more upright. Do you have any advice on how to get the wings set correctly? I've made a dozen attempts and cut each one apart because they didn't look right.

Hi tigfly,

I just tried sending you a PM since I don't want to hijack Normans thread. Your message box displays that it's full. if you empty it a little, I'll send you some info on how I tie them.

Regards,
Mark

[Normand]

I just tried sending you a PM since I don't want to hijack Normans thread.

pssst! you already did!