Simple Soft-Hackles

Allen McGee
Allen McGee
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Published 2024-01-06
These patterns are useful as a general attractor wet flies. The rabbit dubbing will absorb water and keep it weighted to be fish underwater. The sparkle dubbing mixed in reflects light and attracts the attention of trout. The Brahma hen tail and hackle are soft and have good movement in the water. Try them in sizes #10-#18 in various colors like natural, yellow, orange, dark gray and green. Just change teh thread color to match the rabbit fur body.

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All Comments (9)
  • @joebare844
    Great Bug Allen...I have both your books and have learned so much from them...please keep posting tying tutorials!!!
  • @davidriley7997
    Perfect. Simple but very effective. I am a fan of your books. Good to see you on YouTube. 11:21
  • @kerrypitt9789
    Nice to have found you! I often fish soft hackles jin my set of three flies, usually as the bottom fly. They are far more effective than people give them credit for. Several of my most successful patterns have been soft hackle or have been an extension of soft hackles! Thanks for posting, I have seen. Your books around, so I have ordered one. I think Sylvester Nemes was the last guy to write about soft hackle!
  • @joeduca8582
    I saw this cool looking soft hackle and your name, then I realized I had your Tying and Fishing Soft Hackled Nymph. I sub'd channel, thanks!
  • @mikelundrigan2285
    Nice simple pattern, easy to tie! Thanks! I find it easier to wax the thread, add the dubbing and then hang a dubbing spinner(DS) and fold the thread from the DS up to the hook ( forming a dubbing loop ), attach the thread to the shank as you do and spin my DS to form my dubbing rope to make the body! The result will be the same! You don’t need to poke dubbing into the loop this way!