For soft hackles I probably best like thread body with a light touch dub fur ( and my preferred fur is from the back of the common house/field mouse..) either with or without a rib (which is usually a fine gold wire - and which I don't have any of at the moment. :cry: ) Why? Just because I do. :)

A nice skin.

About the size of a Thrush??

Indeed! Which is why all Irish flies must only be tested in Tullamore Dew... (Its the only whiskey worth drinking anyway )

Here y'are Stephen:



The hackle/feather is slightly darker than in the pic, the lights I use make it a bit lighter...

Of course the finest and most expensive gin would have to be used to simulate Chalk stream waters......

For New Zealand waters? Maybe Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc or Canterbury Riesling....

I prefer "Soft Hackle mainly because I'm used to it I suppose. Anyway whats in a name? Not that important in the big scheme of things. As long as fish keep eating 'em

Its a Sub as I have no Heron herl (Hence the "or Sub" in the materials list) and is olive dyed Mallard Flank. Its quite a good colour the mallard, for a small hydropsyche caddis we have here, so I have stuck with it. I have some grey goose which I coloured with an olive pantone marker and ...

An early New Zealand wet. Likely other countries have one similar.. but this is ours: http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd68/matuku/acce01be.jpg Hook: 12 - 16 Of choice (This is a Tiemco 2499 SP-BL) Thread: Olive of choice Rib: Gold (I have run out so have to use silver ) Hackle: Starling Body: Oli...

P.S. ARE THERE ANY LADY TIERS OUT THERE? Good question. What appears to me to be a primarily male orientated pastime: Surely there must be some female tiers of the soft hackled wet fly out there of whatever capability and talent. Not that the C and T matters to us.. it's the fish that are the ultim...

Not that I like!!! These will be tied this winter....