Cracking fly. I am fly tying instructor. Quick tip... Get some beeswax. Rub the thread with the wax before whip finishing complete whip finish but don't cut off the thread and bobbin. Heat the tip of your bodkin and stick it in the eye. Watch for the wax melting and hold the bobbin to tighten the thread. Adds additional security without the hassel of varnish. Hope that helps it may not be as secure as varnish but it's a very quick alternative. Many thanks for continuing to post during lock down. Stay well Lewis.
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip bro. Never heard of that before. 🤙
@joemilicich31084 жыл бұрын
Well...off to the vice for me. Mean bro. 🤘
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
Nice one man
@ryankeys33124 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Alex. You should make some more videos of tying flies. We also entering our 4th week of lockdown in SA. Stay safe man. Maybe one day i can go fishing with you 😎
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
Stay sane buddy. We all hanging in there!
@mrfaffer-c3q4 жыл бұрын
ahh the soft hackler bloody good fly that is!!! chur
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
Such a good fly🔥
@WahlrossFilm4 жыл бұрын
This is why I starded my own youtube channel about flyfishing and seatrout in Norway. This channel inspired me so much! Thank you😀👍
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome💥 stoked you your own channel up and going🔥
@scottbakersb4 жыл бұрын
Great video Alex
@troutfixnz4 жыл бұрын
loves a good soft hackle awsome bro
@southofnorthflyfishing4 жыл бұрын
Good stuff. Can’t go wrong with the kamasan b110 and spot on the about slim flies.
@henryholderness72304 жыл бұрын
Great tie mate, will work well in many places down here in the south Island. Thanks for sharing
@troutinaroundnz5654 жыл бұрын
I tie me own fly now and loving it. So much fun making them and what you want and less is more. Love yeah vid keep up the good work. Tight lines out there 🎣✌🤙
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
Cheers man
@chasingbrowns4 жыл бұрын
I like the simplistic approach. And taking all the serious pressure associated with fly fishing. Makes me feel a little better as a newb to fly fishing 🎣
@skoli554 жыл бұрын
Nice job.
@scottparker70124 жыл бұрын
Your videos are awesome dude. Pat Okeefe from Rotorua got me onto soft hackles about 10 years ago. He made one called a "tail light" excellent on the Rangataiki river. I would call your fly a beaded partridge and orange 👍🏻 excellent flies and excellent content. Keep it going bro.
@simonsmith93634 жыл бұрын
Neat fly, thanks for the pattern. Do you have ants in NZ? I ask as once or twice here in the UK I have found myself in the middle of a fall of flying ants and always carry some. Recently watched Kelly Galloup tying a soft hackle ant, you might like it, it just looks buggy! I hope you can fish soon but thank you for the fly tying, anymore you can manage of what really works in NZ would be gratefully appreciated as I aim to come and see my daughter in Napier in the next year or so. I will need all the help I can get ;-)
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
Yeah we have some ants. Will check it out for sure. Thanks for the heads up!
@bronmaruszewski50294 жыл бұрын
Cool
@gregwood46534 жыл бұрын
Alex, I strip one side of the partridge feather before tying in. Gives a less bulky hackle. I hadn’t seen soft hackles with the plastic bead, might give em a crack!!!
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
I hadn’t thought of that - great tip Greg. Thanks heaps, I’ll def be trying that🔥👊
@CrazyAboutFlyFishing4 жыл бұрын
Curious as to how and when you fish these. Do you just use them as a nymph or are you swinging them? You used it under a dry on the lake, static cast at sighted fish or slow retrieve?
@olliebassett1054 жыл бұрын
Crazy About Fly Fishing either is a good approach just depends on the scenario. Soft hackles look natural when you are sightfishing and dead drift or suspend them, or they are very fun to swing across and down as a team through ruffles or in the evening when insects are emerging ✊
@CrazyAboutFlyFishing4 жыл бұрын
@@olliebassett105 Thanks for the insight, need to tie some up and will be giving them a go for sure.
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
That’s a better answer than I would have given Ollie. Nice one
@louieschmidt29534 жыл бұрын
Hey Alex thanks for the video bro!!! I am going to tie up a few of these ! Hey man hope you can get out fishin soon !!! Stay safe bro ! 😬🤘
@lucaslonegren65194 жыл бұрын
I’m glad you tied a fly! Now we gotta get you and Garreth to have a tie off!!
@theheronknowsprimewater10354 жыл бұрын
What sort of feather is that soft hackle? and where did you buy them?
@edanannand4 жыл бұрын
Looks like a grey/Hungarian partridge.
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
Just partridge feather bro, I get mine from Taupo Rod and Tackle but pretty anywhere should have em
@fliesbychris4 жыл бұрын
My wife told me I'm not allowed to throw the fluffy stuff on the floor anymore!! Nice wee pattern Alex, I'll throw a few of them together when I'm finished tying some pole positions. Keep em coming mate! ATB Chris
@camopotato4 жыл бұрын
Soft hackles all day. 🤘
@CraigMounsey4 жыл бұрын
Nice one, had a crack at some of these last week. Looking forward to sending them out over the water. Stay safe mate.
@dandenrode4 жыл бұрын
Always happy to see a Friday Filler in my feed on Thursday nights. Cheers from the other side of the planet! When this lockdown finishes why not challenge yourself to some fly fishing methods you don't usually use? Examples being Euro-style, Tenkara, and big game streamer fishing.
@tylerpearce28914 жыл бұрын
When he comes out with the Friday fill and its Thursday in the states I always feel special haha
@simondoran37494 жыл бұрын
great little fly bro i can see why it does the business , i have been a huge fan of using soft hackles myself for years, they impart great movement that just brings it to life which in turn appeals to often wary and spooky fish thanks Alex for the vid ....maybe do some casting techniques if ya running out of ideas roll casting, bow and arrow, single and double hauling etc just a thought.
@joseluissuazo76794 жыл бұрын
me encantan tus vídeos amigo, un abrazo saludos desde Chile
@jamesrussell51354 жыл бұрын
We got the same fingernails mate
@edwardrolle77234 жыл бұрын
Something I can relate to... “I end up losing the fly before it falls apart anyways” EXACTLY! I used to spend the time putting cement on the wraps and making it look al nice and whatever but then I realized I’m just gonna get to the stream throw on one too many split shots and lose the damn thing in 3 casts anyways haha. Good tie
@GeorgeSemel4 жыл бұрын
I tie my own more out of necessity than anything else. Commerical tied flies are tied ok but at times they are just overdressed. And well it just plain fun, even thou I tied flies commercially for a local fly shop that is long gone now. Right now we are on lockdown too. So I have been playing with a Grey Squirrel Pelt I have, a few guard hairs for the tail a mix of guard and underfur for dubbing, Chartreuse BR wire (UTC) dub the thorax a little thicker in the round and spiker on a Mustad CO68 # 12 hook Olive 6/0 Danville thread. Damn good looking variation of a hare's ear nymph. A 2-minute fly. I am going to get another pelt dyed olive and some Whiting Brahma hen in Speckled brown. I think it will be better with some soft hackle. We will see. It's cold and with the heavy rating, the rivers and streams are banks to the bank and a little over in places. That glass bead is a great idea. This crap will pass. I already wrote off 2020 for my seasonal flying this year. Should have gotten all the check rides out of the way and on the Job yesterday. Oh well, Uncle Sugar is sending me an extra 1200 dollars and all I am going to do is fish right up till rifle deer season, November 1. And if some flying gig should come along, I go back to work. I am really bored.
@patrickparisienne19174 жыл бұрын
Sweet little tie mate. Maybe a couple more of the most used nymph patterns you use, or even one on your fly tying station.... Cheers from Oz, Patty👊🏾
@cortinatim14 жыл бұрын
So with me being pretty noob, I’m guessing this is a dry fly?? Also what video SW/app do you use to make you vids? Looking to make my own just for fun. Thanks mate.
@TrippinOnTrout4 жыл бұрын
You can fish it in the surface film as an emerger sure but I generally fish it sub surface Final Cut Pro is what I use to edit
@jameshughes92344 жыл бұрын
If you like soft hackles check out Oliver Edwards :-)