Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail Copper Wire Body - Soft Hackle. The Copper Wire Body Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle uses the extra weight to fish closer to the bottom of the rivers, especially on rocky or weed covered beds. This pattern is used to imitate damsels and dragonflies in their younger stages. The presentation that this fly gives is simply spectacular to watch. Fish this fly anywhere in Canada or the United States as it will simply catch fish everywhere.