Thank you for the pictures, gingerdun, what is the body material on those 3 flies you mentioned by Mr. Hidy? They look interesting and coupled with the 3 or 4 patterns I have already may give me a good start on a soft hackle flybox.... and just when I thought I wouldn't need anymore flyboxes...lol. ...

Mike you mention the woollybugger, I doubt I could catch a trout with it even if it had a stick of dynamite tied to it...lol.... and yet some fishermen swear by it. With regards to the soft hackle flies, I merely wanted to get a few patterns that you folks had success with. As to when to fish them t...

Hi Guys, I'm sorry that I stirred up such a hornets nest as that was not my intent. It seems most fly fishermen have a special fly they have great confidence in and I figured that some of you might have a couple of soft hackle flies that would fall into that category. To give you a bit of background...

Thank you guys for the welcome and the suggestions. Hopefully, this time around I will have more success with them than before. My goto wet fly is the Wooly Worm and it is deadly but I wanted to have a few others that I could have the same confidence in, which is why my question. Thank you again.

Tim

Hello, I live in Dartmouth, NS and I fish brookies, rainbows and browns. Trout is the only specie I fish and I practice C&R because I enjoy seeing them swim away unharmed. Years ago I tried soft hackle flies without success but I wanted to give it another go. May I ask what pattern(s) you feel i...