MAINE - Life in the Slow Lane
Welcome aboard Ned 
For salmon my favorate is the Copper Mike its been very good to me.
Is there your own fly Mike? The Copper Mike. Hmm What about a Copper Dave, has a good sound to it. 
Yah dave its my own design but that black salmon bomber is quickly creeping up my list of favorates...LOL had some great luck with it this week!!
I think we all have own variations of flies, I have tied a few that work wounderful but I have no name for them. I am glad to see mike ,your catching fish on your fly. I think that is so cool.
Its sort of a mixture of everything I like in other flies Dave.
The best kind. Have you ever tied something so ugly you just laugh but when you decide to fish it the thing catches a ton of fish ?
LOL .....yup most of my flies turn out pretty ugly but they seem to work....sometimes 
Quote by: lahaveLOL .....yup most of my flies turn out pretty ugly but they seem to work....sometimes
I totally understand that 
You know what they say pretty flies catch fisherman ugly flies catch fish
Soft hackles flies are definitely my preferred style of flies..I dont just swing them. I add movement by keeping rod tip down and flicking the tip on the last 3/4s of the swinging while retrieving hand over hand. It adds a pop to the first fly similar to a moving emerger trying to break the surface film and if I am using a dropper it is usually about four feet down and the flicking motion makes this fly look like it is rising/struggling to the surface...