Peacock Soft Hackle
Hook: Tiemco 2457, 2xs Scud hook
Size: 16-18
Bead: 2 mm, gold
Thread: 8/0 olive
Tail: Microfibbets, olive
Body: Peacock herl
Rib: Gold wire
Wing: Hungarian partridge
Notes: Soft hackle flies have been around for well over 100 years and yet many people ignore them. The fish don't ignore them. Their life-like movement in the water does a great job of imitating emerging insects but particularly Caddis. I like to drop this off my dry fly on small streams and then clip it off when the fish start eating the dry.
This fly pattern is excerpted from Fly Fishing the Solitude-Montana.