If you find yourself stumped by picky trout with any regularity, it’s probably time for you to learn how to fish a soft hackle fly. These time-tested patterns are characterized by their wispy, “buggy” ...

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 ...

I had tried fishing with soft-hackles without a great deal of success. I read and reread Sylvester Nemes’ book, “The Soft-hackled Fly Addict.” I tied the flies and tried to catch fish with them, but ...

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 ...

Caddisflies provide a spring and summer target for all species from trout to panfish, and there are tons of great imitators out there. When these insects are flitting about the surface and getting ...

I think I have become a soft hackle junkie. I have only used soft hackle flies while trout fishing for the last two or three years, but I have become a big fan. They just work. I have caught fish in ...