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” ...

I love to fish soft hackles for trout. In fact, soft hackles have been my most productive fly pattern for the past three years. But I have never seen a soft hackle pattern for steelhead until recently ...

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 ...

Local fly tyer Robert Cox will be demonstrating how to make soft hackle flies from noon until 2 p.m. on Saturday at East Rosebud Fly and Tackle. Cox will be tying several of his proven and favorite ...

Steve Moss offered these tips, geared especially to winter fly fishing, based on his 15 years of fly fishing experience on the Spokane River. •When swinging a fly pattern in the current, whether it’s ...

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 ...