Simon Gawesworth Demonstrates How to Drift Soft Hackle

RIO–The eighth episode of this second season of RIO’s How To videos is “How To Drift A Soft Hackle” – presented by RIO brand manager Simon Gawesworth. In this film Simon explains the subtleties and nuances of this technique of dead drifting a soft hackle to a rising trout. Simon also shows how to rig the perfect outfit for fishing this style – including the crazy, but excellent “Slinky Indicator”.

This film is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to learn this technical, yet deadly effective technique.

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