Soft Hackle
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Partridge Soft Hackles
These flies are tied with no added weight, relying on the current to keep them just below the surface when fished accross the flow and allowed to drift down stream.
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Orange Soft Hackle Spider
Inspired by fly-tyers from years gone by in the north of England, these soft hackle patterns are tied simply with thread, tinsel and a hackle feather.
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Steelhead Redtag
The Steelhead Redtag is a simple redtag nymph pattern using a stainless steel bead.
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Pilsen Drayman Soft Hackle
This is the wet, soft hackle spider version of the Pilsen Drayman dry fly.
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Big Bertha Soft Hackle
The Big Bertha Soft Hackle is a spider style fly, weighted or unweighted, tied on a large hook and using pheasant tail for the body and Partridge for the hackle.
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The Misty K
The Misty K brasshead nymph is another in my collection of soft hackled weighted nymphs. This is another attractor Chub fly.
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Guinea Fowl & Partridge
This is an interesting nymph pattern sporting two hackles – one at the tail (Guinea Fowl) and the other at the head (partridge).
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Jessica’s Return
The Jessica’s Return nymph Chub fly is tied using a guinea fowl hackle and rabbit fur, both died pink, a bit of ice dubbing and wine-red 140d thread.
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Brass Head Nymph
The Brass Head Nymph is inspired by Hans van Klinken’s Lead Head Nymph he used to fish fast, deep water for Grayling.
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The Sure Thing
The Sure Thing Nymph seems to be a favourite river snack, always worth a cast or two!