"Kick. This is the quality which every hackled [wet] fly, for use in rough water, should invariably have. Without it, it is a dead thing; and the fly which is alive and struggling has a fascination for the trout which no dead thing has." G.E.M. Skues
I believe this applies to dries and emergers in smoother waters too. My hackles are getting softer and more alive. All that money wasted on stiff capes over the decades.😥
Jim: Yes sir, this winter will look at your fly photos and tie some up with soft hackle feathers.
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