I always have at least half a box of soft hackle flies. Black, orange, yellow, green. Fished either with a nymph or even sometimes with a dry. A yellow softhackle weighted with maybe a turn or two of lead fished about two feet behind/below a yellow sally works very well in the park. I also will fish them on the swing with a slow steady retrieve. If I am fishing I promise you that a soft hackle will be in the mix somewhere.
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