Bead Head Soft Hackle Hares Ear Tutorial

In this video, Kramer breaks down how to tie a bead head soft hackle hare's ear, an excellent fly in many situations, especially smaller freestone streams.
Like many of our flies, this is an excellent platform to experiment with and customize to meet your personal preferences and/or local conditions.
You can find the materials to tie this pattern here: www.tacticalflyfisher.com/fly...

[@holyworrier]

The space between the shank and the point of the hook is the ‘gape’.
Great fly!

[@chriscrumbley9219]

Great video Kramer. Thanks for all the details on each ingredient. Very helpful!

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Thanks Chris. I’ll make sure to pass it along to Kramer.

[@kapenamika985]

Kramer, Thank you for the hackle tips!

[@wees1750]

Awesome pattern! Thanks for the tutorial! May I suggest at the beginning of the video to have a finished fly in the vise? Instead of just looking at an empty vise while you're talking about the fly, you could have an example?

[@BeatKid9000]

Fast forward?

[@garybelcaster4279]

Heartily concur ! Easy addition that sets the stage for the upcoming 'build'. Tnx for the vid !!

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

That's a killer pattern

[@justaman3333]

Thanks Kramer and nice work. Do you fish this all year? How small would you go in tying one?

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Hi Jeff, this certainly can be fished all year, especially on the smaller waters I prefer it for. Generally fish in smaller freestones are very opportunistic compared to other water types like tailwaters. I would say I wouldn't bother going under a 14 normally, perhaps a 16 if you can find soft hackle feathers that size, but that is surprisingly difficult unless you use hen cape hackle or starling.

[@justaman3333]

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 Thank you Kramer.

[@netrich143]

[@toskalawannabe]

How come there is no tail feather on this pattern? Just curious.

[@tacticalflyfisher3817]

Generally speaking, in the various soft hackle traditions around the world (English soft hackles, Japanese kebari, Italian valssesiana, etc.) there are not tails on most soft hackle flies, so I just stuck to that. There isn't anything wrong with putting a tail on it, though I doubt that it would add any effectiveness to the pattern. A little color tag like on a blowtorch would probably be a more functional addition. -Kramer

[@joeg5414]

@@tacticalflyfisher3817 that's exactly what I did. Same way just with a little orange poly yarn tag