Those soft-hackles again. I have compiled many of the flies I've created and I'm putting them in order. This is being done mostly for my use so I have an idea what's going on instead of boxes of flies without any idea of what they are. I'm going to name the patterns by numbers, rather than giving them a fancy name. The numbers assigned to them are not according to how productive they are they're just numbers.
Most of these flies are simple and I'm confident on their fish taking abilities. This will be shown over the months to come. Each fly will have it's materials listed for those of you who would like to tie some and give them a try.
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| Soft-Hackle #1 |
Hook #14...Body, Copper-Brown Thread...Thorax,Dark Brown Squirrel Dubbing...Hackle, Gold Mottled Hen
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| Soft-Hackle #2 |
Hook #14...Body, Light Olive Thread...Thorax, Bleached Ginger Squirrel...Hackle, Ginger Hen
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| Soft-Hackle #3 |
Hook #14...Body, Olive Thread...Thorax, Dark Olive Squirrel Dubbing...Hackle, Silver Badger Hen
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| Soft-Hackle #4 |
Hook, #14...Body, Red Thread Ribbed With Dark Olive Dubbing...Thorax, Dark Olive Dubbing...Hackle White Hen
These flies were tied on size 14 hooks but would work well in sizes 12 and 16
Awesome Flies Al!!!Works of art!!
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Pete soon to be in a trouts mouth....hopefully.
Alan, from a pure simplicity standpoint I love your system, but I'm going to name them because I think it's fun. 1 fly is the copper Alan after its creator 2 fly will be called ginger fancy. 3 fly will be dark olive badger.4 fly will be dark olive hen.i realized I complicated things but flies that I've created always eventually get names after using them awhile and it's one of the greatest thrills of tying your own creations. Those flies are first class Alan, be proud of them, name them. Great post, thanks. By the way the dark olive badger is being added to my box. Thankyou.
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Brad those names fit the flies very well. Your choice of fly #3 is a good one. I fished it today and it caught a beautiful laurel bush. Better results next time.
I absolutely love soft hackles. If I had to pick one style to fish with the soft hackle would undoubtedly be it..
ReplyDeleteHaha, I was going to post the same thing. I love those flies.
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Rich they are truly a productive style of fly and belong in every fly box.
Sam thanks buddy.
DeleteBuggy looking guys Alan. I like, simple but effective!
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These fit that bill Howard.
Awesome collection of flies. Love those soft-hackles.
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Ralph they are such a pleasure to tie as well as fish.
Keep it simple works for me, too. Good thought to catalog or somehow document some of your own patterns. If you are anything like me, I had better note it someplace. I love soft hackles also. I am still working on my hackling trying to use as little as possible.
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Mel using the right amount of hackle can be tough at times. I usually strip the fibers from one side of the feather and tie in, then I'll take 2 turns of hackle and that usually works.
Great looking little bug's Alan!
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Will I tested a couple of them yesterday and had mixed results. More testing required.
Alan
ReplyDeleteYour numerous post concerning the Soft Hackle was the motivator for me to fish them----simply pattern but deadly on the Sipsey. Great work at the bench--thanks for sharing
Bill Trussell
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Bill they usually work where ever they're fished.
very good these things I really like soft hackles these patterns ... will try to do some of them follow your models.
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Armando these soft-hackles will work when other flies don't. They are worth a place in your fly box.