Its not often that I feel this generous, so enjoy it while it lasts. This is a fly that I don't show off a lot and often go out of my way to avoid showing people. However, it seriously should be in everyone's box if you fish for trout! I've caught trout on this pattern in freestones and tailwaters. It works best as a dropper under a dry fly although you can fish it in a single or double nymph rig as well. The fly is the Ultra Wire Soft Hackle. Yeah, I haven't come up with a cool name for it and perhaps someone else ties it and already has a name for it. While it is similar to other patterns (copper and partridge anyone?), I haven't seen too many people tying and fishing this pattern.
I can tell you that under the right circumstances, this is as good a dropper as you will find anywhere. Naturally it works best only at certain times. It is not a miracle fly but excels during both caddis hatches and also when mayfly emergers are on the water.
Tie some up and fish them this spring and see what you think.
Hook: TMC 2487 #14
Thread: Tan 8/0
Body: Copper Ultra Wire (or other color to match the prevalent hatch)
Head: SMALL amount of Hare's Mask dubbing or other buggy dubbing
Hackle: 2 turns of partridge or favorite soft hackle feather.
You can tie these things in a HURRY and, did I say, they flat out fish!!!?!!!
