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<b>The Softer Hackle Hare's Ear performs best in deep pools and high flows. It looks buggy in an impressionistic way, and when it's dropped behind a granite boulder, trout gobble it. Here's how experienced fly fishers build it.</b><br>
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<b>MOUNT HOOK</b><br>
Use a No. 12 3906B Mustad hook, crush barb and slide on 7/32-ounce gold bead or equivalent tungsten. Gather hairs for tail into a fan before cutting tuft from hare's mask. Clean underfur.<br>
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Text by Darrell Kunitomi<br>
Photographs by Eric Boyd

MOUNT HOOK

The Softer Hackle Hare's Ear performs best in deep pools and high flows. It looks buggy in an impressionistic way, and when it's dropped behind a granite boulder, trout gobble it. Here's how experienced fly fishers build it.

MOUNT HOOK
Use a No. 12 3906B Mustad hook, crush barb and slide on 7/32-ounce gold bead or equivalent tungsten. Gather hairs for tail into a fan before cutting tuft from hare's mask. Clean underfur.

Text by Darrell Kunitomi
Photographs by Eric Boyd

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