HOT BEAD SOFT HACKLE
Hot Bead Soft Hackle: a simple, versatile pattern for swinging or nymphing in any season. Effective for trout in off-color water or alongside BWOs and PMDs.
THE WELTERWEIGHT
DESCRIPTION
Big flies don’t have to be hard to cast. This winter steelhead pattern uses a technique to remove the rabbit hide from crosscut rabbit strips to give this fly a nice profile and plenty of movement, without being too heavy to cast all day!
MATERIALS
| Hook | Aqua Flies Round Eye Shank - 33mm |
| Gamakatsu Barbless Octopus | |
| Senyo Intruder Wire - Blue | |
| Bead | Spirit River Hot Beads - Hot Orange |
| Thread | Any black thread |
| Tail | Hareline Dubbin Ice Dub Minnow Back Shimmer Fringe |
| Body | Crosscut Rabbit Strip - Baby Blue |
| Crosscut Rabbit Strip - Bright Purple |
