Fly Tying with Hans: Soft Hackle

Soft hackles have been around for a long, long time. In the video I say a hundred years; well I looked it up, try 500 years! There must be a reason- ah yes, they catch fish.

These are simple flies to tie and they work extremely well. Experiment with various color schemes and materials.

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[hansrcsd]

I fish these on the swing just below the surface, but you could easily add a tungsten bead or lead wire if you wanted to fish them a bit deeper.

[prokhk]

do you ever put lead wire or a bead head to make it sink?

[teb0atoz]

First time I have seen someone do a soft hackle the right way. Though only 1 to 1.5 wraps. But it is very goood.

cheers

[nikrguy]

Good instruction!  Thank you.