Hares Ear Wet Fly !

[muddler daddy]

I gave up trying to tie wings a while back . Wingmans SBS convinced me to try again. Looks a little better than most I have tried. I will leave it to the critics !! All comments welcome ...



Thanks Guys,
MD

[la_jolla1]

Nice - who is Koos Brandt?

[Eddie O'Neill]

That'll work. Nice variation.

[wingman]

Very nice MD, you have the tie-in licked I think, Just play around with different wing profiles and see what you come up with.
I like your signature, I used to have that line printed on one of my mugs.

[muddler daddy]

Originally Posted by la_jolla1

Nice - who is Koos Brandt?

Beats me, my wife saw it somewhere and said "Thats You" .

MD

[flytier07]

Originally Posted by muddler daddy

Beats me, my wife saw it somewhere and said "Thats You" .

MD

Can't see where your problem doing wings was a problem! The trouble is I'm worried when I'm gone that my wife will Give all my stuff away!

[sweenytodd]

Yeah nice and nice tie in at the front of the wing there Don't like the cut at the rear of the wing though

[muddler daddy]

Originally Posted by sweenytodd

Don't like the cut at the rear of the wing though

I see what you mean. I failed to mention that I folded the wing rather than matching two slips. ( Saw this on a DVD !) Is that a proper technique ? Or should I stick with traditional style of wing prep? Maybe I was taking the lazy way!! By the way I appreciate you pointing that out - thats what I was looking for. I think that was what Wingman was referring to also ! (Wing Profiles!)
I started trying to tie wet flies about a year ago and found it to be kind of frustrating (Wings).

Thanks to all you gentlemen !
(Byron, Mark, Eddie,Danny and Jolla1)

Rick
MD

[sweenytodd]

Originally Posted by muddler daddy

I folded the wing rather than matching two slips. ( Saw this on a DVD !) Is that a proper technique ?

Yes it is a proper technique and I use folded wings for flies I fish and paired slips for flies I show on here

Traditional winged wets are paired slips but IMHO just aint worth the bother , yes they look very nice but the extra wee bit of faffing about isn't worth it when you can just grab a clump of feather , roll/fold it , plonk it on top and and the fly is good to go , the fish don't care

I guess there are others that feel it is worth it and that is makes a difference and I do think it is a good method to learn , I did , I learned to do it and now don't bother but I am able if I feel the need and on occasion I do ...

I can see from the above fly that your pinch/loop for winging is good so you should have no bother doing so with paired slips should you feel the want/need .....