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Soft Hackle Streamer

Insect Species Icon None
Difficulty Icon Easy - 3-5 Min
Water Category Icon Coldwater

Tying Video

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Tying Recipe
  • Hook: Straight shank streamer hook
  • Flash: Krystal flash
  • Body: Multiple soft hackle wraps
  • Head: Thread
  • You can use wooly bugger marabou for the tail
  • Use any flash you want
  • Use soft hackle, or soft hen hackle for the body
  • Add some more flash or legs
  • Try different colors and sizes of the fly
  • Tie in a cone head or bead head

This simple little streamer has great movement thanks to the soft hackle body. When this fly is stripped or in the current the soft hackle is stiff enough to keep a body shape for the fly but also flows very well. Use it with a a bead head to get it deeper to the fish’s depth. Because it’s easy to cast you can cast this fly all day.

We love fishing these little streamers when you can’t pinpoint what the fish are keyed in on. This little fly can imitate lots of little bugs or small baitfish. Fish it under an indicator and dead drift it as a nymph. Or cast it like a streamer. Whether you strip it back to you or fish it on a swing through current, this fly can interest picky trout. Use a sink tip line to get this fly to the bottom if you are fishing some deeper water.

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