Baetis Soft Hackle - Rick Wollum Fly Tying Tutorial Video

Rick Wollum has been working in the fly fishing industry for 30 years. He currently manages Anglers West Fly Shop in Emigrant, MT but has fished all types of freshwaters with all types of flies.
Rick’s been tying flies over 50 years, mentioned in several fly fishing books, and hosted Fly Fishing America on ESPN.
Rick can be reached at MontanaFlyFishers.com
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InTheRiffle: A great channel with great patterns
Fly Fish Food - Clark Pierce and Curtis Fry tie up some tasty trout lures
Tim Cammisa - owner of the Trout and Feather website, Tim does some great ties that you should check out.

[@Rhsummers1941]

Beautiful job. Your soft hackle laid back perfectly. It is nerve racking tying live in front of others and you did remarkably well. Thanks!

[@jamesvatter5729]

Nice fly. Having ten thumbs, I am always amazed to see others' ability to keep scissors in hand throughout tying.

[@TheWeeklyFly]

You and me both! -H

[@mikeetgen8987]

Wow...the techniques you demonstrated for managing and installing the soft-hackle were new to me and look very promising. Specifically, the way you trimmed the tip before tying it down, swept the barbules away from the eye, then stripping barbules off the shaft before tying it in. Those methods alone were worthwhile and it sure looks like a fishy fly to me. Thanks.

[@TheWeeklyFly]

So glad you got some good info from it Mike. Thanks for the comment -H

[@ejmacewan8942]

JUST SUPER 👍,,, WELL DONE 👍,,, THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND YOUR DEDICATION THAT YOU BRING TO THOUSANDS OF US,,, WHOM CONSTANTLY TRY TO IMPROVE ,,, TXS FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH US.. BE SAFE AND HEALTHY….

[@TheWeeklyFly]

You bet EJ, Rick does a great job. But then, he's been doing it for a LONG time. -H

[@stuartpeden6070]

Struggling for tying a hackle in , not now , brilliant vid . Thanks

[@lambertsaldi1550]

Awesome work thank you for sharing 👍 good luck too all on the water this spring 🎏 🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸

[@TheWeeklyFly]

Thanks! You too, Lambert. -H

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Very nice soft hackle! Love to fish it.

[@TheWeeklyFly]

Thank you! Cheers! I'll pass that on to Rick. -H

[@kenb4685]

Gidday Rick. Great tips. Thanks.

[@TheWeeklyFly]

I'll pass that on Ken. Thanks for watching and commenting. -H

[@Michael-hg6ky]

Rick that was a wonderful presentation and explanation as you went thru the steps of assembling that fly. Thank you very much for making the video.

[@TheWeeklyFly]

Glad it was helpful, Michael. Rick does a great job and we're lucky to have him share his knowledge. -H

[@bjornrahm5195]

Nice one!

[@slackline9841]

Nice tie. I've been fishing similar biot bodied softies for a few years and trout love 'em. I add a little superglue under the biot, though, otherwise the trout's teeth tend to shred the body pretty quickly.

[@TheWeeklyFly]

Sounds great!

[@kandiecandelaria3134]

Very nice

[@TheWeeklyFly]

Thanks

[@charlespalmer3593]

Very cool fly. “I like beaver.”

[@TheWeeklyFly]

Thanks Charles. -H