I finally got around to sending out flies for the 1,000 Followers contest. One of the winners requested some size 10 soft hackles for bluegills, crappie, and bass. I did a little digging of the “Best soft hackles for panfish” type — and the overwhelming favorite soft hackles for panfish were simple, traditional old favorites like the Partridge and (insert silk color here.) But I found another pattern that I’d never heard of that tickled my fancy: the Gill Candy. It’s basically a Partridge and Chartreuse with a gold tag and a dubbed thorax. So I took to the vise. And here it is. Betcha steelhead would like it, too.