The Simplest and Most Versatile Fly Pattern | The French Hares Ear

An incredibly versatile hares ear that can be fished as a dry fly or nymph. One of the best fly patterns used by the Australian Fly Fishing Team at the recent World Fly Fishing Championships held in France:
Materials:
Hook: Hanak 130BL size 16
Body: Natural Hares Ear
Rib: Gold Sparkle Flash
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[@bearlynormalwetshaver1894]

Back in 1984 when Walt Young created the Walts Worm as a crane fly imitation he soon learned it worked as an imitation for many insects, and when fished unweighted or dressed, it imitated various stages of insects.
I have been using wrapped cdc at the head, but regardless, we all owe Walt Young a big thank you for his early discovery.

[@JasondenHollander-qj5hp]

Very nice! For decades I have been guilty of using flies that meet that old cliche of ‘flies that catch fishermen, not necessarily fish’.
Your vid a couple of years back re your default flies made me realise the ‘scruffier’ a fly the better the results. I now carry variations on 3 drys and 3 nymphs varying in sizes and bead weights and probably catch near double what I used to(don’t get me wrong there’s still a few blanks thrown in).

[@freelancebush]

I fish with either a Greenwells glory, a Gold bead-head brown nymph, a scruffy white moth thing or a Royal Coachman. These are the flies I learnt to fish the small, fast borders rivers with growing up in Scotland. I’ve got hundreds of Wet flies and Nymphs that look beautiful in my hand-stitched, leather and sheep’s wools wet fly wallet, and hundreds more dries, all likewise in pristine un-fished condition. Been that way for most of my 50years fishing. I figure if the system works, don’t mess with it. Tight lines😀🍻

[@davidj.6525]

What an incredibly versatile variant. Great tip re the guard hairs too!

[@edhughes1891]

Love it! Gonna try them on an unnamed Central Oregon lake this week!

[@wvlongshooter3912]

That’s a fly I’m tying up. Thanks!!

[@thefullscale-fishingadvent2917]

Awesome dude, nice fly!

[@kenb4685]

Nice work. Thanks.

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Nice!

[@davidbenjamin5356]

GRHE