What to do on a cold winter afternoon. Well, I tie flies. I need to fill up the fly boxes for spring. Today I am tying some traditional Gold ribbed hares ear nymphs. In a size 16. I stick to the original recipe except that I use gold wire in place of gold fine tinsel. You do see the wire much until the fly gets wet, but I think it is more durable. I will tie a few of these then maybe a few Prince nymphs or Zug bugs.