Any Soft Hackle lovers on here?

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I have no clue about Softies. That is why my tying drawers have Gadwald, dyed in many colors, Ring Neck, Woodies, Egyptian Goose, Huns, and much more.

Softies are good from size 26 in a BWO color scheme to a 2/0 in exotics for Steel. The key is the drift. I watch lots of folk do an upstream mend and leave it at that. NO!!! Throw an upstream mend followed by a down stream mend. Try to get the head of the fly facing downstream. It will swing on the dead drift. When it swings... WAMO!!!

Another cool way to fish a softie is to use them as a Euro Nymph. High stick em'.
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