Redhead Peacock Soft Hackle
1311-12
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The Redhead Peacock Soft Hackle combines two of the most reliable triggers in subsurface fly design: an iridescent peacock herl body and a bright red bead at the head. The peacock shifts color with every change of light and angle, suggesting a wide range of dark aquatic insects, while the red head gives fish a focused aiming point—a detail that often makes the difference on fish that follow but won't commit.
The sparse soft hackle collar pulses with the current, adding the lifelike movement that makes soft hackles deadly during emergences and as searching patterns alike. Fish it swung through riffles, dead-drifted in a nymph rig, or hung as a dropper—the combination of peacock, red, and motion produces in freestone streams and tailwaters year-round.
Best for:
- Searching riffles and runs when nothing specific is hatching
- Caddis and mayfly emergences fished on the swing
- Dropper fly behind a dry or larger nymph
📌 Pro Tip: At the end of every swing, let the fly hang in the current for a few seconds before recasting—the rising, pulsing pause is when the red head and breathing hackle draw their most violent strikes.
