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Sean Meeghan
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I've been tying fies over the past few days and have been leafing through my fly tying books. It occurred to me that I could get through my whole season on very few flies. As the years have progressed I've developed my own versions of standard patterns that suit my local waters.
Then it occurred to me that I could probably get away with one pattern for the whole season.
The magic pattern?
The Gold Ribbed Hares Ear!
Its one of those magic general patterns that, using the same basic materials, you can vary the colour from light to dark, you can weight it, you can tie it large and scruffy, small and neat, ghink it up to fish in the surface, spikey with guard hairs, soft and mobile with the under-fur. The permutations on one basic tying are endless!
I must admit that I'm not an avid dry fly man, so maybe this colours my choice.
So go on then. If you could only fish with one basic pattern (some mods allowed of course) which would it be? Could you do it?
Then it occurred to me that I could probably get away with one pattern for the whole season.
The magic pattern?
The Gold Ribbed Hares Ear!
Its one of those magic general patterns that, using the same basic materials, you can vary the colour from light to dark, you can weight it, you can tie it large and scruffy, small and neat, ghink it up to fish in the surface, spikey with guard hairs, soft and mobile with the under-fur. The permutations on one basic tying are endless!
I must admit that I'm not an avid dry fly man, so maybe this colours my choice.
So go on then. If you could only fish with one basic pattern (some mods allowed of course) which would it be? Could you do it?