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Olive Soft Hackle — Fly Tying Pattern & Recipe

Olive Soft Hackle

May 23, 2025

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Versatile nymph that swings and dead drifts. Works as a dropper behind a streamer too.

Where I fish it

rivers

Target species

Rainbow Trout Brown Trout

Recipe

5 minutes

Thread: 70 Denier Tan

Hook: Caddis Nymph

Head: Bead

Rib: Thin Wire

Body: Dubbing

Thorax: Dubbing

Wing: Soft Hen Hackle

Step 1

Step 1

Tie some wire in at the tail.

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Found in these boxes

Western Canada Trout Lakes

West Alberta and Interior BC Rivers