
Excellent sequence of posts re tying the Soft Hackles. I have a friend, who fishes soft hackles probably 90% of the time on streams-rivers and is a phenomenal fly fisher. He loves starling and partridge and rarely goes bigger than size 16’s unless the specific hatch calls for it.
http://wcflies.com/blog/2008/10/soft-hackle-materials/
http://wcflies.com/blog/2008/10/pheasant-for-soft-hackles/
http://wcflies.com/blog/2008/10/soft-hackle-demonstration-starling-and-herl/
