Soft hackle hares ear

[nathanazajac]

This is my first attempt at a soft hackle , does it seem over hackled? Thanks

 

[nathanazajac]

Sorry about poor photo quality

 

[redietz]

does it seem over hackled?

Not particularly, from what I can see.

Although soft hackles need to be sparsely hackled, I find that they'll get just from use.

 

[gfen]

nathanazajac wrote:
This is my first attempt at a soft hackle , does it seem over hackled?

No.

 

[Cold]

Different amounts of hackling for different uses is how I do it.

For pools and slow, clear water, just a thread body and 1 turn of partridge. For swinging through turbulent pocket water, plenty of stiff, bushy hackle.

Most water, and most wet flies, lie somewhere in between. Just like yours.

 

[nfrechet]

seems blurry but not over hackled

 

[nathanazajac]

Thanks everyone

 

[BelAirSteve]

Hands down, I have caught more trout on that fly than any other. I fish soft hackles most of the time. I swing them, and if done correctly you can even swing them to rising fish.

 

[outsider]

I tend to over-hackle because they can lose some fibers after catching a few fish.