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Iron Blue Soft Hackle

Jan 10. 2016
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The North Country Fly

Mar 25. 2015
When it comes to books, there's nothing I like more than focus. A book that has a well defined subject and covers in depth rather than broad has my vote already before I have opened it.
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October Caddis Soft Hackle

Oct 2. 2014
Detailed instructions for tying an October Caddis Soft Hackle.
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Soft Hackle Sulfur

Jan 21. 2014
Here is my Soft Hackle Sulfur pattern. I fish this fly as a dropper in my nymph leader during the sulfur hatch and I also drop it off a dry or spinner pattern and do real well with it.
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Partridge & Orange Soft Hackle

Oct 23. 2013
Partridge & Orange Soft Hackle by Curtis Fry. Learn to tie the classic soft hackle fly pattern.
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Mart's CdL Hen Caddis Emerger

Sep 10. 2013
Soft Martin Westbeek's Coq de Leon Hen Caddis Emerger has soft contours and soft materials that suggest the movements of an insect struggling to break free.
See how to tie it here
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Hot Spot Spider (soft hackle)

Aug 12. 2013
Featured in this fly tying tutorial is the Hot Spot Spider, a slight variation of the classic that so many North Country flies rotate around.
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Soft Hackle Glass Emerger

Jun 4. 2013
The Soft Hackle Glass Emerger is a quick/ easy tie and very effective mayfly emerger pattern. I generally fish this fly within the surface film or on the swing.
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Buying Soft Hackle

May 7. 2013
Shopping The soft hackle is supposed to be - as the name implies - soft. Soft hackle can come from many birds. Chickens, gamebirds like partridge, grouse and quail, pheasant and even crows and jackdaws.
Learn how to select the right here
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Soft Hackle Peacock

Nov 15. 2012
Soft Hackle Peacock Fly Tying Instructions Directions and How To Tie Tutorial
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Partridge and Orange Soft Hackle

Nov 13. 2012
During this demonstration, I vary the Partridge & Orange soft hackle a tad by substituting the partridge feather with one found on the back (versus the neck).
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Partridge and Orange Soft Hackle

Oct 13. 2012
Partridge and Orange Soft Hackle Fly Tying Instructions
Review

Plu Stiniog

Jul 1. 2011
The story of this books is a fascinating one. The author Emrys Evans passed away in 2008 at the age of 91. In his life he had collected Welsh fly patterns.
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Hendrickson Soft Hackle

Nov 18. 2010
A very easy soft hackle pattern that I like to fish during the Hendrickson hatches both prior to, during and while spinners are falling.
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Double K Reverse Spider

Jul 1. 2010
Backwards Kelvin Kleinman shows us how to tie a really different saltwater fly based on the freshwater spider style, adapted for cutthroat stream fishing and then reversed to become a saltwater shrimp from outer space! A very special but also efficient pattern.
Reverse yourself here.

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