Traditionally fished in the down-and-across presentation common to wet flies, the natural materials of a soft hackle fly impart dramatic and lifelike motion in river currents, resembling mayflies and ...

Have you ever wished there was an easy way to get into fly tying and fly fishing for trout? There is: fishing soft hackle flies. Soft hackle flies are simple wet flies, consisting at their most basic ...

Fly fishing for trout on a stream or river could be addictive. The ability of an angler to try and present an imitation fly that looks very much like a natural in the current and allow it to move in ...

The winter issue of Trout Unlimited’s “Trout” magazine inspired me to want to return this spring to my fly fishing roots — swinging a type of wet flies known as “soft hackles.” Soft hackles are simple ...

East Rosebud Fly Shop will be hosting a Soft-Hackle Fly-Tying Class every Wednesday beginning Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. The focus of the class and instruction is the art of tying soft -hackle flies. This is a ...

Wayne Walts, of Troutfitter, a fly fishing specialty shop in Syracuse, teaches a 5-weeks, hands on, fly tying class at the store. Each class lasts about 2 1/2 hours. Although there are thousands of ...

Although this hasn t been much of a winter for snow and cold, it has been wintry enough to keep me inside most of the time. That has left me with a little too much time on my hands and a need for ...

If you find yourself stumped by picky trout with any regularity, it’s probably time for you to learn how to fish a soft hackle fly. These time-tested patterns are characterized by their wispy, “buggy” ...