My Little Soft Hackle

[Byron haugh]

My buddy was catching a bunch of fish last weekend on this fly of mine. He said he lost all he had and asked for more.

So, while tying them, thought others might be interested. It is incredibly simple and yet very effective.

I usually only fish it without a bead head, but that's the one that was working so well for him.

Hook is a TMC size 15 dry fly hook
Ribbing is small mylar
Abdomen and thorax is antron material "fluffed" in a coffee grinder.
Collar is natural partridge, followed by a head of peacock herl.
Tungsten bead.

[dave potts]

Good looking fly Byron. Think I'll tie up some and try them at Bennett.

Dave

[Byron haugh]

Dave,
They were born there.

[whatfly]

You forgot to put a reverse taper on your caddis pupa...

[Byron haugh]

Not sure it is a caddis pupa. It may well be taken for that. Would you accept this as heretical????
Thanks though.

[JeffHamm]

Nice. I'm a big fan of simple patterns, and this has some very tried and true features. Peacock herl for heads can be very effective, and anything small, brown, and fuzzy has just got to look like food to a trout. Although I don't personally tie soft hackles with bead heads, I know a lot of people find them very effective and I probably should add a few to my box.

- Jeff