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Tag Archives: soft hackle
The most overlooked Soft Hackle Feather in the Game: European Starling Skin Material Spotlight
Fishing with soft hackles is one of the oldest methods of targeting trout on the fly. A soft hackle, for those who do not know, is a slim, bodied fly with a palmered, or wrapped, collar of a hackle feather … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Fishing Gear Review, Fly Spotlight, Fly Tying, Proven Fall Trout Patterns, Proven Spring Trout Patterns, Proven Summer Trout Patterns, Proven Winter Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Trout Patterns By Season, Uncategorized
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Tagged collar, european, feather, Fly, fly tying, hackle, jig, Nymph, overlooked, overlookedf, palmer, pelt, pro, skin, soft, soft hackle, Spotlight, star, starling, starling feather, Tying
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CDC Loop March Brown Wet Fly Tying Tutorial
The long awaited March Brown hatch each spring is notorious for having fantastic fishing swinging soft hackles. In this video, Simon ties a simple March Brown using one of Ahrex’s newer hooks, the LE880. March Browns have a tendency to … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Tying, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Spring Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Uncategorized
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Tagged brown, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, fly tying, hackle, Instructional, March, March Brown, Middle fork Willamette River, soft, soft hackle, swing, swinging, Tying, wet, wet fly
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BWO Hot Tag Wet Fly Tying Video
In this video, Simon ties a wonderful BWO soft hackle. Soft hackles are traditionally swung, but their sparse design allows them to be so much more than a swung wet fly. Simon developed this pattern for a late season trip … Continue reading →
Posted in Fly Tying, Fly Tying Materials and Supplies, Lower Willamette, McKenzie River, Middle Fork Willamette River fishing, Proven Fall Trout Patterns, Proven Spring Trout Patterns, Proven Winter Trout Patterns, Trout Fly Tying Videos, Uncategorized
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Tagged Baetis, Blue, Blue winged olive, BWO, fluoro fiber, fly fishing, flymph, hackle, Instructional, Olive, soft, soft hackle, wing, Winged
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Lucent Soft Cahill Fly Tying Video Instructional
In this video, Simon ties a fantastic soft hackle variant for fishing the PMD hatch. This particular style of fly can be fished a number of ways, but most common is swinging it downstream. It is reminiscent of a standard … Continue reading →
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Tagged Dry Fly, dun, fishing, Fly, fly fishing, hackle, Instructional, McKenzie River, Middle fork Willamette River, morning, pale, pale morning dun, pmd, soft, soft hackle, Tying, wet, wet fly
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Early Grab Green Drake Emerger
In this video, Simon ties a great green drake ascending emerger. This fly is unique because it can effectively mimic so many stages of a mayfly emergence. This fly can effectively mimic an ascending drake nymph, an actively emerging adult, … Continue reading →
Posted in Central Oregon Fishing Report, Fly Tying, McKenzie River, Uncategorized
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Tagged drake, emerger, Fly, fly tying, green, green drake, hatch, Mckenzie, metolious, River, soft hackle, Tying
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March Brown Hare’s Ear Wet
In this video, Simon ties a fantastic March Brown wet fly. It utilizes one of the new hooks in a new line of hooks from our friends over at Ahrex. The Legacy line of hooks is a throwback to a … Continue reading →
Emergers and Why You Should Fish Them
The term “Emerger” is often heard when discussing fly fishing techniques, but is not always explained in depth. To the novice angler this term can cause more confusion and hindrance than help. The term emerger can refer to a variety … Continue reading →
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Tagged aquatic insect, emergers, emerging, emerging insect, fishing, fly fishing, hatch, match, Match The Hatch, Mayfly, soft hackle, tactics, the, understanding
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Mallard March Brown Soft Hackle
In this video, Simon ties a great March Brown Soft Hackle. Swinging soft hackles is a long forgotten art in the trout world. With the rise of euro nymphing, dry droppers, drop shotting, etc. swinging classic wets is sometimes seen … Continue reading →
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Tagged brown, brownmarch brown, Fly, fly tying, March, March Brown, soft, soft hackle, Tutorial, wet
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