Here is another sample of what we tied at Bugs and Brews. Steve Angers from North Country Angler led the class, and we tied a Jack Gartside Soft Hackle Streamer. We tied this pattern before we tied the Game Changer, which is also tied in the round. I am really enjoying these streamers tied in the round. I had become so stuck tying traditional streamers with a tinsel body and a hair wing, like the Black Nose Dace and Mickey Finn. The Soft Hackle Streamer is a much easier fly to tie than the Game Changer. I think I will tie a bunch up in different colors and sizes to fill my boxes.
Tap 'n' Trout 
Great fly! I got to meet Jack Gartside when I was a teenager- the local fly fishing club had invited him to speak, and he was sitting at the tying table of the local flyshop, tying soft hackle streamers and telling dirty jokes in a New England accent I’ll never forget. His soft hackle streamers became a staple smallmouth bass fly for me, and I still catch a few every year on them. Every time I do, I remember Jack.
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