Soft Hackle Hares Ear

   
This month’s fly is the soft hackle Hare’s Ear nymph.  This is one of my favorite flies.  During the summer, I use it in smaller sizes for tan Caddis hatches.  It can be fished deep or swung in the surface film.  In the fall, it is good in larger sizes as a wet fly in combo with other wet flies like Partridge and Orange, or Red Fox Squirrel nymph.  It can also have a bead on the head to sink it a little.  Sometimes I put a red thread band on the head.
    
Hook - Dry fly size 10-18
Thread - Tan
Body - Hares Ear dubbing
Rib - small gold wire
Hackle - Grey mottled Brahma hen feather