Hi Gordon;
ScottP is right-on. While fishing only in the northeast, my personal go-to is a soft hackle with a peacock body and a mottled brown hen collar.
Second choice is to use a black hackle (Leisenring spider ?). For some reason, tying with red thread to get a red head seems to attract stocked rainbows. I too have always preferred fishing wets and streamers. Welcome aboard.