Re: [VFB] SOFT HACKLE: FLIES

[mark romero]

Not exactly sure who this will end up going to but, i tye LOTS of soft 
hackles. I used to tye them at shows all the time, in lots of different 
sizes and colors. I would use almost anything for bodies, peacock herl, all 
kinds of dubbings, quills, floss, chinille, anything. And i would use hen 
back, grouse, partridge, starling, quail, quinea, anything for the wing, 
(hackle). I also like to tye them very heavily hackled sometimes, for 
fishing in the riffels. A very sparse soft hackle is fine for flat, slow, 
clear water where the fish has time to come up and inspect it, but you want 
some real meat to the look of one that is to be fished in fast water, so the 
fish can see it, and make that crucial decision to go for it. Plus a lot of 
haclkle gives it a lot of action. And i also tye the hackle long, at least 
as far back as the point of the hook, if not more. I just like that (spey) 
look, and more action again. In the last year or two, (actually more), i 
have been tying them on salmon hooks and getting very elaborate with them. I 
put tags, and sometimes tails, before the bodies, and rib the bodies, and 
put throats, and cheeks, and on and on, making them into Salmon flies. It's 
a lot of fun. And you can come up with an endless list of patterns. I like 
to pick out the bodies and use dyed seal a lot. These have become my 
favorite flies to tye now. Actually i am slowly becomming a salmon fly tyer 
of sorts, and it looks like that's where i'm gonna land as a tyer for the 
forseeable future. Trout flies are fun to tye for fishing, but for show and 
"tell" it's got to be Salmon flies. People really like to watch me tye them 
at shows also, so that's fun. Okay, hope that helped 
somewhat............take care, mark jonathan romero (willowhead) 
www.JazzMarkGallery.com


From: Martin Westbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [VFB] SOFT HACKLE: FLIES
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:01:22 +0200
Scott,
A while ago Larry Medina ran a Soft Hackle swap, and the results are on my 
humble website:
http://home.planet.nl/~westb001/SHSwap.html
Have fun,
Martin

Gary Miller wrote:

Scott -

Soft Hackles are an incredible pattern for panfish in my neck of the woods 
here in Texas.

I have been browsing the web lately for info on these very old and classic 
patterns.

I guess one of the most famous is the Partridge and Orange, which is 
simply a "body" of orange floss and 1-1/2 - 2 turns of Partridge for a 
collar.

Of course, you can change the body color to anything you desire.  Also, 
hen works well for soft hackles.  I have also used oversized, webby saddle 
hackle tied back that seems to provide the desired effect.

- Gary

At 04:03 PM 6/22/03, you wrote:

Hello ALL
I was wondering if any of you could enlighten me on the category of flies
called SOFT HACKLE. I am going to tie some of these and need to know
more.
Any names or good patterns you might be able to help me with would be
great.
Thanks
Scott Crosby
I got a 27 inch red fish yesterday in the Mosquito Lagoon area of the
Indian River.
Florida


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