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Old April 14th, 2006, 11:35 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default The hopper myth?

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:16:45 GMT, "Larry" wrote:


"Charlie Choc" wrote

One place I tried
the usual suspects (Adams, stimulators, humpy's, PMD's, etc) with no luck
and
then switched to a foam hopper like I had used on the Yellowstone and
caught 8
or 9 browns in about 30 minutes.



that qualifies as proof in my book G

FWIW, the pattern I was using was this one:
http://shop.flyfishing.about.com/fly...etails/328.htm

They're easy to tie and don't seem to get torn up as fast as ones tied with
natural materials.
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Charlie...
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