Simple Soft-Hackles

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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[@johnmarinos3976]

Very nice fly

[@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 TH-cam.
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[@tulix9572]

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[@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!

[@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!

[@RoryLynott]

Awesome, love it!

[@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!

[@mcgeeflyfishing]

Thanks for sharing! That works. The method I use is especially good for larger flies where you can create the appearance of a lot of dubbing without actually using that much as you would have to do if you direct dub it. I just apply this method to all my dubbing loops and I can spin the dubbing loop tighter or looser to create difference effects with the dubbing loop. Basically, I am using the dubbing that sticks out of the loop as much as I am what's inside the loop.