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Swinging soft hackles
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:22 am
by newriverspey
Well, it has been a while but I am going to swing some soft hackle flies today on the South Holston with my switch rod. I will add to this post later tonight. I am going to start of with a purple and partridge and go from there.
Re: Swinging soft hackles
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:46 am
by Smuggler
Best of luck Otto. That's a nice piece of water!
Re: Swinging soft hackles
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:07 pm
by letumgo
Good luck Otto! Make a few drifts for me. I am stuck in meetings all day.
Re: Swinging soft hackles
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:41 pm
by William Anderson
That does look good. I hope you have some fish that are active. Nice stretch.
Re: Swinging soft hackles
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:51 pm
by newriverspey
Overall, I had a great time and caught about a dozen fish. Most of them were browns,which was nice and the purple and partridge tied on # 19 was the ticket. I plan on going again tomorrow.
Re: Swinging soft hackles
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 7:46 pm
by DUBBN
Gorgeous fish! Late Summer and early Fall is my favorite time to swing soft hackles. I envy you.
Re: Swinging soft hackles
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:02 pm
by letumgo
Good for you Otto! I am glad you did so well. Can you take us along tomorrow, again?
Thanks for sharing.
Re: Swinging soft hackles
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:46 am
by Smuggler
excellent.
Re: Swinging soft hackles
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:20 pm
by William Anderson
This is a very cool post to see. Glad you did well and looking forward to seeing how today goes.
Re: Swinging soft hackles
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 6:20 pm
by letumgo
I keep checking the forum posts, in hopes of hearing how you made out today. I hope you're having a great day Otto.
You mentioned a switch rod earlier. Have you been using a switch rod for long? How do you like it? What size rod are you fishing?