White Miller Soft Hackle | Yellowstone Country Fly Fishing

The White Miller soft hackle is one of the "big three" soft hackles for us on the Firehole River in Yellowstone Park. It imitates the emerging Nectopsyche aka White Miller Caddison that is the Firehole's most important insect species. On the Firehole, this pattern can work on the swing or dead-drifted all season long. It's also a good choice on the Lower Madison River downstream of Ennis Lake in June, since this stretch of river is seeing an increasing population of these caddis.
Fish the White Miller in conjunction with another soft hackle (we suggest our Glasshead Pheasant Tail or the Nick's Soft Hackle from Blue Ribbon Flies) or under a dry fly like the Palmered CDC & Elk.
Contact Walter Wiese about fly fishing trips or for tips on tying these patterns at [e-mail] or at flyfishmontana.biz.

[@kennethsanders963]

Now in 2022 we have nano silk which is awesome.

[@flytyer232]

great, i never thought of useing that method for wet flies. silver pheasant would look good, but i can't find the stuff at good prices, thanks,
Mike

[@flytyer232]

great tie, keep it up. the one thing i would do different, and is worked on the Madison for me is use white guinea feather, which i think looks more like the real thing. the only problem is that you have to buy them feathers on the skin, and for a size 14, you might only get 100-200 flies for a $15.00 skin, and waste alot of larger, or smaller feathers.