Nymph or wet fly? Dave Hughes' All-fur Hare's Ear
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ต.ค. 2022
- While the all-fur style of wet flies have been around for more than a hundred years, Dave Hughes can certainly be credited with popularizing them in the 20th century. This Hare's Ear version is equally effective when fished actively as a wet fly or dead drifted as a nymph.
Hook: #12-16 standard wet or 1x heavy
Thread: Orange
Tail: Hare's ear (guard hairs)
Body: Hare's ear dubbing (underfur with a few guard hairs)
Hackle: Squirrel body fur (in split thread or a dubbing loop)
Tools demonstrated in this tutorial:
Stonfo Dubbing Loop Clips: jsflyfishing.com/products/dub...
Stonfo Thread Splitter: jsflyfishing.com/products/thr...
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Nymph or wet fly? Yes, definitely. Thank you very much. Buggy is so good. No splitting hares about it, that technique make a good looking fly. (So sorry. Couldn’t resist.) I haven’t done it in quite a while. It’s very worth doing. It also works well with scrap marabou fluff from the base of feathers.Thanks for bringing it up , Matt.
Great note Bob! Others have mentioned using the base of marabou in a dubbing loop but I've never tried it. I might just have to do some experimenting. I just got back from the farm tonight and did a quick Halloween name-the-streamer video for Monday. Fun stuff. :-)
Great techniques every fly tyer should learn. well done.
Appreciate it Rollin! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Nice pattern. Kind of a variation on the Casual Dress. Thanks for sharing.
All fur, that's an interesting tie! The thread splitter would save many frustrating attepts to split a thread with a bodkin, too. Thank you for a really interesting tutorial!
Appreciate it Tom! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
I call this fly a nymph. I love these buggy looking flies,and so do the fish. Nice tie Matt! Have a great weekend. Tight lines. 👍
Appreciate it Jim! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
A solid classic fly to add to the box. Plus some cool technique to add to the resume. This fly says this guy is a fly fisherman. Plus as a tier, it says he knows what he is doing. Love it all the way around. Great video Matt. Thank you buddy.
Appreciate it Jeff! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Thanks for sharing Matt. Love the Stofo thread splitter...gonna have to pick one up. All fur flies work well...great pattern. Have a great weekend my friend.
Appreciate it Todd! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Matt, your tying skills are improving! You can really see it. This fly came natural to you and your rhythm was smooth. You’re getting close to craven in the video smoothness and tying format. Most impressive!!!
Wow, that's some high praise! Thank you my friend. I can certainly tell I've gotten smoother in the couple of years since starting this channel. Probably because I used to tie every few weeks, and now I'm tying several times a week. I guess having a channel kind of forces me to tie more often. :-)
Love tying and fishing fur wets. Super effective patterns and most times my go-to flies, especially when I'm fishing at night or at change of lighting. Thanks, Matt, for sharing.
Appreciate it Layton! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Wow that was awesome!! Great tip with splitting the thread! Thanks as always and tight lines!!
Appreciate it Richard! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Cool looking wetfly. Thanks Matt for sharing.
Appreciate it Lee! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Matt, another great tying tutorial! Looks like I need to add a couple of tools to my collection.
Thanks Mark! The clips are certainly convenient. And the thread splitter is a "nice to have" when you need it tool. :-)
Morning Matt. Nice tie. Like the thread splitter. The fly itself is a fish catcher. The only difference I do is that I use synthetic for the body. Have a blessed day
Appreciate it Nich! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
These all fur wets are FANTASTIC flies and a must have in any wet box. They can be tied as small or as big as you like for any species all the way up to big bass hooks. The great thing is you can tie them with any game animal you can kill or pick up off the side of the road in your area. Squirrel, rabbit, coon, coyote, possum....ANYTHING. Polly was the man!
Nice pattern and helpful tips.
Another nice one thanks for sharing have a blessed day my friend.
Appreciate it! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Very cool fly. Looks like it’ll be fun to tie and fish. Thx Matt.
Appreciate it Clyde! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Another great tutorial, and I have another tool to buy. Love buying tools.
Thanks Matt!
You and me both my friend!
Great pattern Matt ! Mega Thx
Appreciate it! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Great tie of Dave Hughe's fly. I've never purchased, tied or fished a fur fly. Very unique.
I've used the split thread technique but use Tim Flagler's method of unwinding the thread and using a bodkin to split the thread which I learned from a great Florida tyer, Phil Pope in tying sessions at my local fly shop. The video is really cool and I use many of your techniques when I tie. Thanks for the videos and keep 'em coming.
Well thank you Ed; I appreciate the kind words my friend. :-)
Cool looking fly Matt
Definitely need to tie up some of these
Thanks for the video and have a great weekend
Thanks Dave! I did have a nice weekend. I went out to the farm for some work and a couple hours of fishing. Nothing for me Saturday night though. Which was a shame because the weather was beautiful!
Haha! You and me both my friend. :-)
Still very fun to watch Matt, thank you
Appreciate it Conor! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Another nice simple fly Matt. Keep the good stuff coming.
Appreciate it Dave! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Hi from Kansas City 🎣🌆 Dave Hughes.
That's a good fly. Nice job. When I 'm splitting the threads to make a loop first I spin the thread to flatten it out then I use something smooth and small about 1/8th in and run the thtead back and forth , I use a top of of a broken rod. Then split the threads and continue with the fly. On my clips I put on a small rubber band just down from the very front of the clips , this holds the materials better. Thanks for your time and knowledge good health for you and your's 🎣🤠 Dave Hughes
Great tips Dave; thank you!
Fun tie Matt, thanks for sharing as always. Getting ready for the winter tying season here in Wisconsin
Appreciate it Jim! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Liked this one as soon as I saw it.
Appreciate it Mike! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Matt, Great history, you always deliver. A great introduction to new tools. What an interesting technique with the squirrel fur, others may have seen this but it was new for me. Great job.
Appreciate it Howard! I'm glad you got something out of it my friend. :-)
Nice fly Matt. I just bought Dave Hughes Wet Flies book last month, I really like reading and collecting his books, a great selection of flies to tie to fill up all the fly boxes we all collect. Have a great weekend my friend and a ghoulish Monday.
Thanks Phil! And I absolutely agree... he is one of my favorite authors. Mike Valla is my favorite for his history, but Hughes has some great flies and fishing techniques in several of his books.
I can’t wait to get these in my box!
Outstanding Dale! They certainly are fish catchers. :-)
cant wait to try this one, I especially like the zonker strip technique. I will be using that.
Good morning Matt. Nice work on that fly. I haven’t tried splitting thread yet but I going to give it a try. You made it look like it wasn’t too difficult. That book of Dave’s is one of my favourites. Take care Matt and have a great weekend.
Thanks John! I may have made it look easy... but that's not always the case. Sometimes it takes me two or three times to split it evenly. :-)
This one very cool
Cool fly Matt.
Appreciate it! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Good Morning Sir Matt, great fly this morning and fun to ty. Always good to refresh our skills, I thank you for that. I will start working on some of these good looking flies. Cheers Happy Halloween 🎃.
Thank you Edward! And Happy Halloween to you too my friend. Make sure to watch tomorrow's video- it's the Halloween streamer. :-)
That is a cool technique. Neat fly
Appreciate it Jeff! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
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A dubbing loop clip? Another set of hackle pliers works just fine. But OK....
Love your videos!
Yeah, I probably have more tools than I need. Thanks for the note!
Good buggy pattern Matt
Appreciate it Burt! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
All-fur flies are great. I've just been tying a series of nymphs in the last two weeks-each one just using normal fox fur. The under fur is amazingly fine fr dubbing. while I use the nice long guard hairs for a tail and collar (dubbing loop for that). I got the idea from seeing the Fof Squirrel pattern on You Tube. :Tomorrow they will get a chance to see what they can do. :-) -)
Outstanding! I hope you had some luck with them. :-)
Having ties a great many of these fur nymphs I can say they are excellent fish catchers.
I did this same thing using craft fur, and wrote it up on my blog.
Unfortunately I cant link to that, here. 😒SO lemme just say this works and is very adaptable.
David
Awesome great one and I have all mats lol thanks
Outstanding! Have fun my friend. :-)
Thanks Matt, great tie! I have the Dave Hughes book, bit it's good to see this fly being tied by an expert. Soft hackle flies are my favourites for river fishing for brownies here in the North of England.
Well thank you David! Mr. Hughes certainly is a wealth of knowledge- particularly all the fishing tips in his books. Have a great week my friend.
Hey Matt, 👍
Nice wet fly, well I went out four times surf fishing and let me just say the fish have won. It’s like when I started with the fly rod. I would like to get good at it but will see. I learned a lot about what not to do🤪
Well Jim, you've caught as many fish as I have in the surf. A big zero! I just got back from the farm for the weekend. Mostly work, but a couple hours on the river Saturday night. And not a thing! Which was crazy because the weather was beautiful! Nothing hatching so I probably should have used nymphs, but I just can't pass up dry fly water if I think it might work. And I did miss a few takes so they were interested, but I just sucked it up. :-) And BTW, I've got an off-schedule Halloween video tomorrow so make sure to tune in and think up a cool name!
@@SavageFlies absolutely ☕️☕️
I never seen this done this before
Awesome wet fly Matt 🪰. Is that style also called a "flymph"? Whatever you call it I like hair hackled flies, they're very buggy, especially with wild cottontail fur/hair 👍 I've tied them a lot in a loop or sort of spun them around the hook but never split the thread. I've heard the brand or type of thread makes a difference on the ease of splitting it, is there? I've had one thread spread apart, like floss, so much I couldn't use it 🧟to tie a fly let alone split. That was some off brand thread I bought for the color, it had a Union Jack sticker on the spool, that's it. When I seriously got into tying I used Danville of various sizes. Thanks for the techniques. At first glance that fly looked like a Betters bug, probably the burnt orange thread and the speckled hairs gave me that impression. I'm still digging that GS "Merryhat" 😜👍Have a "boo-tiful" weekend 👻buddy🧛🎃
Great note Joe! I'm not sure what that Union Jack thread is, but I do think that UTC is the best for splitting. Some thread comes kind of already corded up. Danville is kind of like that and anything called "Euro" thread. And these don't easily split. As for flymphs, Dave Hughes does have a chapter in his book on them, but he doesn't specifically call these flymphs, but simply all-fur wet flies. He's got different chapters on both. I think the main difference is that flymphs can have feathers (hence, not ALL-fur). Happy Halloween to you! I just got back from a weekend at the farm. Only a couple hours fishing (skunked), but plenty of work on the tractor. And I'm publishing Tuesday's video on Monday since it's the Halloween themed streamer. :-)
@@SavageFlies Great news on the video! It'll be SPOOKtacular! 😜👍
Why not a dubbing loop?
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Definitely a nymph!
No way! I'm saying definitely a wet fly. :-)
Great book.....but humbles me at the vise. 😅