How to Fish This Soft Hackle Fly: Swing it through deep runs and bounce over shallow riffles, or tie it behind a dry fly, letting the tandem rig tighten and swing as it completes a drift.

The right dry fly box keeps delicate flies looking like new and hackles bushy for an epic hatch on the river. By Max Inchausti Aug 01, 2022 A good dry fly box keeps your flies protected and organized.

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Fly tying also experienced similar innovations over the years. Ironically, super quality dry-fly hackle appeared on the scene in the mid-1970s, about the same time as the first graphite rods.

Ryan McMahon gathers the ingredients for making an elk-hair caddis fly: brown dry fly hackle (rooster neck feather), elk hair (preferably light), dubbing (made from the under-body of muskrat, beaver, ...

A few weeks ago, I resurrected a fly pattern that you’ll probably recognize if you are among that group of now middle-aged fly fishers who took up the sport in the 1970s. We called it the &#8… ...

For devoted fly fishers, winter has traditionally been a time of quiet meditation at the fly-tying bench. But this year, a shortage of premium fly-tying feathers has left both hobbyist ...