Partridge & Purple Soft Hackle

Limited Edition I was inspired by Davie Whitlock to only fish with a box of classic soft hackle flies for the summer of 2016. I tied up a box of soft hackles in every color ahead of a western roadtrip for Douglas Outdoors. The best fly in the box was a purple & partridge. I added a rib of violet Semperfli Micro Metal to this fly and tie it on a #14 Firehole wet fly hook.  I had more fun and caught more fish because I wasted no time digging through boxes. All you have to do is cast down and across and let the flies do the work. Pull over to any random stream with a multi-fly soft hackle rig and you find out quickly if there's any trout!  -Dave McKenna