Hey guys.
I use to add weight to my soft hackles. Beads or lead wire. Partridge series mainly, which are 90% of my softs.
The original patterns do not show lead nor any weight.
The reason is that I love to use foating lines almost all the time, and usually a relativelly fast current obligates me to go down fast, or deep waters to put the fly where the trout are. A sink tip is not the best option of course.
Do you use weight on softhackles?

R.