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Blackghost	April 30th, 2009, 8:24 am
Posts: 3	will the goldribbed hares ear be considered a fly that could imitate a caddis larva and stone fly in a variety of colors.
LittleJ	April 30th, 2009, 10:10 am
Hollidaysburg Pa Posts: 252	The hares ear can imitate a lot of things, however I doubt that it will do well w/ either that you mention. I use it primarily as a generic mayfly, usually for march brown,cahill type clinger nymphs. jeff
CaseyP	April 30th, 2009, 5:11 pm
Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA Posts: 557	Blackghost, welcome! you've come to the right place to learn about the bugs, and the folks on the forum are pretty good at helping you choose a pattern to imitate what you need to. then you can google the pattern if you need tying directions. caddis larvae are usually little worm-shaped things that live in tubes, so their fly patterns don't have wing cases or ribbing or tails. instead, think of a suitably colored dubbing that would match the stream bottom on a straight nymph hook, with a bit of bright green or tan or yellowish at one end to represent the head peeking out. or just the green worm itself tied on a curved hook. there is a famous pattern called the Green Weenie which will catch trout (though some purists don't admit to using it!) stone fly nymphs are much more complicated with wing case arrangements and legs and all. they are, i think, larger than your average GRHE. as LittleJ points out, your GRHE is great for mayfly nymphs, like the sulphur and March Brown, which will be busy hatching in Pennsylvania in the next few weeks. you don't mention where you're fishing, but i think those bugs are pretty common.
	"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
Patcrisci	May 1st, 2009, 7:01 am
Lagrangeville, NY Posts: 119	when trout are on nymphs, the GRHE in one of three shades (mottled fur dubbing of tan/gray/brown) in either light, medium, or dark, will take fish. The key is having the right size and putting the fly where it will do business. Sometimes that's on the stream bottom, or near the surface of the water, or somewhere in between. This fly in any of its many varieties, fished where the fish are looking for it, will take trout year round. In bigger sizes, weighted, it makes a passable stonefly imitation too. If you want to imitate a caddis try a GRHE wet fly.
	Pat Crisci
Wbranch	May 3rd, 2009, 2:40 am
York & Starlight PA Posts: 832
	Catskill fly fisher for fifty years.

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