{"id":9563,"date":"2018-04-12T19:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/?p=9563"},"modified":"2018-04-03T19:56:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:56:35","slug":"rio-products-love-swinging-soft-hackles-and-streamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/2018\/04\/12\/rio-products-love-swinging-soft-hackles-and-streamers\/","title":{"rendered":"RIO Products: Love swinging soft hackles and streamers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9564 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soft.jpg\" alt=\"RIO Products: Love swinging soft hackles and streamers?\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soft.jpg 600w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soft-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More and more anglers are finding out how fun and successful swinging a couple of soft hackles, or streamers across a river for trout is. A straight line to the fly, and very obvious grabs makes this a deadly technique on so many trout rivers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9565 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soft1.jpg\" alt=\"A straight line to the fly, and very obvious grabs makes this a deadly technique on so many trout rivers.\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soft1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soft1-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Usually, small, lightweight soft hackles and streamers skate on, or just below the surface film &#8211; riding just a touch too shallow for fish to grab with confidence. Because of this, RIO created the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rioproducts.us7.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0bceee6ad53d757b2ab3944fd&amp;id=8fc452eb51&amp;e=71e53d6bdc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InTouch Single Handed 3D Spey<\/a> line, with seamless integration between the floating, hover and intermediate sections; allowing light flies to fish at a much more effective depth.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in watching a short film on how to fish a soft hackle? Watch the first episode of RIO&#8217;s &#8220;How To&#8221; series: &#8220;How To Fish A Soft Hackle&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/187902335\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/187902335\">01 &#8211; How To Fish a Soft Hackle<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/rioproducts\">RIO Products<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9566 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soft2.jpg\" alt=\"Want to win one of these incredible fishing lines for yourself?\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soft2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soft2-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to win one of these incredible fishing lines for yourself? Simply let us know how many feet the &#8220;hover&#8221; section of this line is. Send your answer along with the line size you would like if you win, with your name and address to: &#8220;<a href=\"mailto:social_media@rioproducts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social_media@rioproducts.com<\/a>&#8220;, where we will choose a random winner. \u00a0Only emails with the title &#8220;April 3D Competition&#8221; will be put into the draw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RIO Products<\/strong><br \/>\n5050 South Yellowstone Highway<br \/>\nIdaho Falls, ID 83402<br \/>\nUSA<br \/>\nTel.: +1 208-524-7760 &#8211; +1 800-553-0838<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rioproducts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.rioproducts.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; More and more anglers are finding out how fun and successful swinging a couple of soft hackles, or streamers across a river for trout is. 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