Posts by Fly Fishing the Sierra

Pheasant Tail & Partridge Soft Hackle Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Hackle Pheasant Tail & Partridge Soft Hackle The Pheasant Tail & Partridge Soft Hackle probably has it’s roots during the time of Dame Juliana Berners in 1496 when she wrote a treatise describing the only fly pattern used…

October Caddis Soft Hackle Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Bead Hackle October Caddis Soft Hackle The October Caddis Soft Hackle fly pattern is credited to Curtis Fry of Fly Fish Food. He introduced this effective but simple pattern off their blog in Oct 2017. The October Caddis is an…

Soft Hackle March Brown Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Ribbing Hackle Soft Hackle March Brown The March Brown wet fly can be traced back as far as 1496 where Dame Juliana Berners refers to a “donne fly” in the month of March with a “body of dun wool…

Hare’s Ear Soft Hackle Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body Weight Tail Ribbing Hackle Hare’s Ear Soft Hackle The Hare’s Ear Soft Hackle is a very old pattern coming from theIzaak Waltonera of 1653.Walton wrote of this pattern in his book,The Compleat Angler. Soft Hackles are basically a floss or…

Gray Hackle Peacock Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Tag Body Tail Thorax Hackle Gray Hackle Peacock The Gray Hackle Peacock is a soft hackle wet fly that was one of the earliest flies tied. It originated sometime in the 1700’s. The fly resembles emerging caddis pupa. Some patterns will withhold a…

Partridge & Yellow Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Hackle Floss Bodied Soft Hackles Floss Bodied Soft Hackles are some of the oldest fly patterns originating in Great Britain. Dame Juliana Berners wrote about the Partridge & Orange in 1496,Treatise of Fishing with an Angle.The floss bodied soft hackle patterns…

Carey Special Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Collar Ribbing Carey Special Originally called the “Monkey-faced Louise”, until receiving the name Carey Special. It was aptly named the Carey Special from its originator, Colonel (Tom) Carey of Quesnal, BC. Colonel Carey served in the British Army during WW I and…