Soft Hackle/North Country Spiders

[singlespeyuk]

i have recently started fly tying and am very interested in tying and fishing soft hackle/north country spiders on my local streams.

after searching the internet, i am overwhelmed on the number of diffferent types and was hoping for forum members advice on a selection of soft hackle/north country spiders.

i would be grateful if forum members could list their top five north country spiders.

My top five are:

1. Snipe & Purple,
2. Partiridge & orange
3. Waterhen Bloa
4. Black Spider
5. Dun Spider

Thanks in advanced.

Kind Regards

[wingman]

Well I'm not goin to be predictable here and spurt the obvious ones, which when I first started tying spiders, would have been my choice but has since changed. But I have many that I like for different reasons whether it be for catch success rate, fun to tie or just plane looks. Here's some I have come to appreciate over time for a mixture of the above reasons.

1. Stewart's black spider
2. Olive bloa
3. Dark watchett
4. Rough olive
5. Violet midge

[wobbly face]

I'll just add one to the list that you have already got: Greenwell's spider.

[singlespeyuk]

Thanks for the replies. Its all appreciated.

I just wondered what size hook you time them on or is it a case that you tie ythe same pattern on a range of hook sizes 14 - 18 ?

Kind Regards

[wobbly face]

Definitely on different size hooks for each pattern. 14 to 18s is a good range.

[singlespeyuk]

Thanks for your quick response.

Kind Regards