jeffc wrote:

When we were at Rock Creek for the clave a couple years ago, the trout were
hammering these huge "club sandwich" drys, which could be hoppers, or could
be stoneflies, who knows (there was no stonefly hatch at the time.) I don't
really know why that stuff works. I don't recall ever seeing a trout hit a
real hopper.

Bechler River, Yellowstone Park, September, during the Henry's Fork
Clave a few years ago: meadow creek, crystal clear water, big, spooky
trout, and lots of hoppers on a windy day. The only way to fool one of
these trout (that I found, at least) was to wait quietly with a low
profile until it revealed itself by eating a hopper. Then fish a hopper
downstream after a decent interval.

Unfortunately, I'd broken my 5wt the day before (much to Dave LaCourse's
amusement), so I had to cast big hoppers in a brisk wind with a noodly
Cabela's KPOS 3wt. By the end of the day I had no hoppers left -- most
of them broken off in the weeds on my backcast.

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