Buckskin Soft Hackle
Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Gold wire
Body - Narrow strip of buckskin
Hackle - Brown hen
Buckskin Soft Hackle
Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Gold wire
Body - Narrow strip of buckskin
Hackle - Hungarian partridge
Buckskin Soft Hackle
Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Gold wire
Body - Narrow strip of buckskin colored with marker
Hackle - Black hen
Note: Any legal game bird feathers can be used for the hackle. Use orange thread for a hot spot. Try different colors of buckskin/chamois. Use different color wire. Be creative. Experiment!
Carrot and Black
Nymph or Soft Hackle
Hook Mustad 3399 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Brown hackle fibers
Body - Orange floss or wool
Thorax - Black chenille
Hackle - Dun hen hackle, trimmed top and bottom (for nymph, untrimmed for soft hackle)
I like this as a soft hackle so I didnt trim the hackle top and bottom
Tying American Trout Lures - Reuben R Cross
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Carson Lake Special - Brown
Hook - 3906 Mustad size #4
Thread – Fluorescent green
Tag - Fluorescent green tying thread
Tail - A single brown or black hackle tip
Ribbing - Fluorescent green uni stretch
Hackle - Brown tied palmer or black tied palmer, clipped
Body - Brown dubbing or black dubbing
Hackle - Brown or grizzly hen
Carson Lake Special Wet Fly « Don Bastian Wet Flies (wordpress.com)
One from the past
I found this fly recipe on the back of an old work memo from 2008 in my tying supplies. I couldn’t figure out what it was or why I had saved it. After tying it up I knew it was my best guess at the recipe for an Iso soft hackle as sold at Bob Linseman’s fly shop.
2 times long nymph hook 16 to 10
black thread leave a long tag.
tail and shellback white hackle
body peacock herl
rib over body and shellback, thread tag
wing white poly tied short
grizzly soft hackle collar
bead copper
Starling & Purple
Hook - Ahrex LE810
Thread - Purple
Body - Tying thread
Thorax - Peacock herl
Hackle - Starling
Sorry, I don’t tie with silk threads. Fish can’t tell the difference
