Shop our full selection of soft hackle wet fly patterns at The Fly Fishing Place — one of the oldest and most effective styles of fly fishing, proven on trout, bass, salmon, steelhead, and panfish in rivers, streams, and stillwaters around the world. Soft hackle flies use mobile feather fibers to create a lifelike breathing action in the current that fish simply can't resist.
The Soft Hackle Partridge and Pheasant Tail is one of our most popular patterns — an excellent emerging nymph imitation that works year-round. Fish these flies swinging down and across on a tight line and be ready for hard, aggressive takes as the fly rises through the water column at the end of the swing. It's one of the most exciting takes in fly fishing.
Soft hackles pair beautifully with our Nymphs and Wet Flies Collection for a complete subsurface setup, or try them as a dropper behind a dry fly from our Dry Flies Collection for a deadly dry-dropper rig.
