I was fishing a small reservoir in Southern Idaho with Triploid Kamploops Fish was good and hard. Picked up a few with indicator and midges and a few more with a green apple colored leech. The caddis were hatching, the midges were hatching and the callibaetis were hatching. But the usual adults and ...

Which flymphs or spiders do you find most productive on stillwaters for trout? I'm using a callibaetis colored fly with partridge for the hackle and a soft-hackle hare's ear. Any others for you?

Can I get a link to commercially offered Tying Wax for the soft hackles I am attempting to tie.

Please forgive my poor nomenclature. I meant to list the bird first then the silk. Partridge and Green, Partridge and Orange, Partridge and Red

Phillip, Thank you for the chart!! Starting with this chart and my coming year's experience, I will attempt to create a chart of my own for my local waters. I see Yellow and Partridge for a Pale Watery Dun, etc., does anyone have a comment on Orange and Partridge? Red and Partridge? Green and Partri...

I really appreciate the replies. I am a real soft-hackle fan in stillwater and learning to be the same in small local streams. I have not fished soft-hackles in large Western rivers yet, but will do so this year in the South Fork of the Snake. My approach has been to be timid about what fly(ies) to ...

I am not Caleb Boyle. I used a link to his website and pictures as an illustration. I wish I could tie as well as Mr. Boyle. I continue to attempt to do so. Still I am trying to develop a cause and effect relationship of imitative soft-hackles and resident aquatic bugs. Is there not a "hatch ch...

I think it would depend a lot on your own water. Wingless wet flies are excellent general imitations of living insects. Take a look around while your fishing and choose patterns which are similar in size and color to the natural insects. Keep in mind that if your flies are tyed with silk, the bodie...

tie2fish wrote:I think it's mostly about sizes,colors, and where they're fished in the water column.

So lets start there. Will anyone share that information?
When should I look to use the Partridge and Orange vs the Partridge and Yellow and Partridge and Red? When does green come into play? That sort of thing.

Do you have a list of the soft hackles flies you might use and their hatch equivalent? Example: Purple and starling equals blue winged olives http://www.calebboyle.com/Starlingsofthackles.htm or Spanish Needle used during the winter stonefly hatch. Some are self explanatory. Callibaetis Soft Hackle ...