12:30-3pm, All Materials Included, Class Fee Includes A $25 Bear's Den Gift Card
Topics covered during the presentation portion will include the following:
1.What do the champions (or experts in this style of trout fishing) have to say about this method of fishing?
2.What do soft-hackle wet flies suggest and why are trout so routinely fooled by them?
3.Learn more about the materials used to tie soft-hackle wet flies and just how easy they really are to create impressionistic and lifelike patterns that will catch trout during much of the fishing season.
4.How do you fish a soft-hackle wet fly? What are the various methods and or tactics employed by a soft-hackle fisherman?
5.What type of fly-fishing equipment and or tackle works best and in what types of fishing conditions?
6.Soft-hackle wet fly testimonials from your everyday fly-fishing peers from across the country.
Fly-Tying Class Portion:
Learn how to tie soft-hackled wet fly patterns for trout fishing.
Please note, that fly-tying classes are designed to accommodate beginning, intermediate and or advanced fly tiers.
What is included?
- All tying materials and tools supplied for the class.
- You’ll leave the tying portion of the class with flies ready to fish during the new season.
What to Bring?
- A good sense of humor.
- Your own vice if you have one otherwise, we will make do with mine and or others from the shop.
Michael Brucato
Brief Bio – Tier & Soft-hackle wet fly addict
While my family and I currently reside in Massachusetts, I grew up fly-fishing for trout with my father and our immediate family across the Northeast region. During our many fishing adventures together, I have learned from experience just how productive and enjoyable soft-hackle wet flies are when trout fishing.
I am a proud member of Trout Unlimited and I currently tie soft-hackle wet flies commercially for the Bear’s Den located in Taunton, MA. I always look forward to tying, presenting and conducting workshops as I make new friends at various regional fly-fishing shows as well as at the many fly-fishing organizations that invite me to do so. I must admit, that I never get tired of hearing the stories of how one of my hand tied soft-hackle flies helped a fisherman to fool a trout. Fish my soft-hackled wet flies with confidence and hold on as the strike is often vicious…
"Last July, I was fishing the upper Kennebec in Maine and nothing was happening. I tied on one of Michael's soft hackles and Bam! I hooked and landed a 22' rainbow. What more can I say . . . and that's not the first time it's happened." Doc
