Fly Tying - Tying Soft Hackles With Neil Luehring

Our "Bug Of The Month" for March is Soft Hackles! Fly tying legend Neil Luehring walks us through a deep dive of tying soft hackle style flies! Soft hackles have been around forever and are still just as effective at fooling trout and are a ton of fun to fish. Neil discusses the type of feathers that are best and shows us some really cool tricks to tie these simple, yet effective fly patterns. You won't want to miss this one!
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Materials:
Peacock and Partridge:
Hook: TMC 3761 or similar
Thread: 6/0 Black Uni
Rib: UTC Gold Small Wire
Body: Peacock Hurl
Hackle: Partridge
Partridge & Orange:
Hook: TMC 3761 or similar
Thread: 6/0 Uni Black
Body: Orange Floss
Hackle: Partridge
Soft Hackle Hares Ear:
Hook: TMC 3761 or similar
Thread: Uni 6/0 Black
Tail: Hen Hackle
Rib: UTC Small Gold Wire
Body: Hares Ear Dubbing
Hackle: Hen Hackle
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j winters
So much great information and history of soft tackles Neil. I can’t wait to start tying these flies, and using them on the water! Great video!! Thanks for sharing it!

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Thank you for watching!

[@georgewcamp]

Great way to anchor the feather!!! Gonna use that one

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It’s a great technique!

[@kevinihintz]

Excellent video , thank you so much

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Thank you for watching!

[@BrickMorten]

What's a good range of sizes to tie these in?

[@AnglersCovey]

You can tie them anywhere from as big as a size 10 and as small as a size 20! Most common is 14-16

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Thank you for watching!