Soft hackle and CDC Brassies should be in every trout and yellowfish nymph box; they imitate a variety of ‘bugs’ and have some serious mojo even on the slow days. I particularly enjoy fishing them patiently under an indicator in stillwater channels or deep pools where you can give them plenty of hang time to pick up a patrolling fish.
Black CDC Brassie recipe
Hook: #14 Mouche Caddis 8471
Thread: Black Gordon Griffiths Sheer 14/0
Bead: Black tungsten
Body: Black Ultra Wire
Thorax: Black synthetic dubbing
Collar: Black CDC (cdc fibres palmered in split-thread)
Wing: 2 x fine olive crystal flash strands
Olive soft hackle Brassie recipe
Hook: #14 Mouche Caddis 8471
Thread: Black Gordon Griffiths Sheer 14/0
Bead: Black/gold/copper/pink tungsten
Body: Olive Ultra Wire
Thorax: Natural grey hares ear dubbing
Collar: Olive partridge feather (I selected a small feather and palmered it to form the soft hackle collar)
