Fish a soft hackle fly by swinging it down-and-across through runs, dead-drifting it in a tandem nymph rig, stripping it like a streamer, or greasing it up to fish the surface film. The pattern's real ...

The winter issue of Trout Unlimited’s “Trout” magazine inspired me to want to return this spring to my fly fishing roots — swinging a type of wet flies known as “soft hackles.” Soft hackles are simple ...

Fly fishing for trout on a stream or river could be addictive. The ability of an angler to try and present an imitation fly that looks very much like a natural in the current and allow it to move in ...

Billings fly tyer Ron Fisher will demonstrate some of his favorite soft-hackle horse hair Potts patterns at Stillwater Anglers Fly Shop and Outfitters in Columbus on Saturday.

Have you ever wished there was an easy way to get into fly tying and fly fishing for trout? There is: fishing soft hackle flies. Soft hackle flies are simple wet flies, consisting at their most basic ...

Here is another in a series of favorite flies used by Schuylkill County Trout Unlimited members. One of the more prolific hatches often encountered by fly fishermen on cool, overcast and even drizzly ...