This is the Vermont Hares Ear. I?ve never fished it and don?t know anything about it other than it?s a Dry Caddis pattern from the USA. I found it while flicking through one of my books and thought ?Ooh I like the look of that? What drew me to it was, one, it looks ?fishy?, two, it?s easy to tie and three, I quite fancy it Ginked up and pulled/skated like a muddler or sedge type fly. See what you think and give it a go, and if any one knows its history etc, please let us know.
Instructions assume right-handed tyers
HOOK ? Partridge Oliver Edwards Emerger K14ST
THREAD ? Rusty Brown 12/0 Bennechi
BODY ? 50/50 MIX Hares Ear and Australian Opossum (I don?t have any Opossum, so used Muskrat under fur instead)
HACKLES ? Red Game and Grizzle tied full and clipped.
STEP 1
Wrap the thread down round the bend and apply a fairly large pinch of dubbing to the thread.
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STEP 2
Wrap to form the body, leaving about 1/3rd -1/4th of the shank for the hackle
(http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/117/vermontcaddis1kb8.jpg)
STEP 3
Tie the two hackles in on top of the shank.
(http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9919/vermontcaddis2uf8.jpg)
STEP 4
Wrap the hackles, form the head and whipfinish.
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5811/vermontcaddis4zd6.jpg)
STEP 5
Clip the hackle short all the way round for the completed fly.
(http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/681/vermontcaddis5ui9.jpg)
STEP 6
Keep us informed of its success or lack off.