February Fly of the Month….

February means changes to Fly Fishing the Ozarks Blog so I thought we would start a new Fly of the Month series.  Our last series was of course the super cool big fish catching Galloup Series of Streamers and it went over very well. 

This series is going to blend the new with the old (new blog, old flies) BUT we are going to be doing a fully photographed, step-by-step (and probably video as well) How-to of every fly of the month in this series.  Truth be told it may look like we are copping out of finding the new pattern for every month...but it is exactly the opposite.  Those patterns that you have in your box, those old tried and true patterns----will still catch fish.  To be honest, they are probably going to be more consistent than most of these new patterns as well.  So for the next few months don't expect crazy cool looking patterns but you can expect to see full on step-by-step, how-to instructions, with some videos thrown in as well. 

What nymphs have caught more fish than any other nymphs??

February's fly of the month should be at least one of the top 2 flies that popped into your head with the above question being randomly thrown at you without cause or reason.

The Bead-Head Hares Ear

Here is a not-so-instructional video of me tying a horrible Hares Ear.  I tie mine a little different than the original pattern.  For instance the photo above shows a very thick tail that, to me, makes the flys profile look like the body extends way back beyond the taper of the body.  I tie my tails with Squirrel tail so it looks like there is a tail of some kind an not an extended body.