On 7 Nov, 22:31, "Wolfgang" wrote:
"mdk77" wrote in message

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Any recommendations on a hopper pattern? I've used Dave's Hopper and
had some success, but wondered if there were other patterns that were
worth trying. Thanks in advance for your advice.

There are many good patterns. For ease of tying, the Letort hopper is hard
to beat.....assuming you can master the rudiments of spinning deer hair, and
the rudiments ain't all that tough. Besides, it doesn't have to look good.
It is a truism in fly fishing that many flies perform better and better as
they get more and more ragged and nasty looking. While perhaps not strictly
true with all patterns, it has been my experience that it's true in spades
for hoppers.

My own favorite hopper for many years now is a bullet head pattern I learned
from The Malignant Dwarf. Photo and tying instructions are available on
Stan Gula's fly swap pages:

http://gula.org/roffswaps/recipe.php?page=DD2002&id=18

Good luck.

Wolfgang

That is also a very good pattern, here is an extremely simple version
of it which works very well. I actually prefer to use hares´ear
dubbing for this fly myself, as many of the hoppers on a local stream
are a light browen colour, but one may of course use any colour
dubbing to suit. It also works extremely well as a half hog, or
hedgehog, which does not require one to spin the deer hair ( just
examples shown below)

http://www.flyforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5918

http://www.flyforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=190

http://www.orkneytroutfishing.co.uk/...en_halfhog.htm

http://www.orkneytroutfishing.co.uk/...o_hedgehog.htm

TL
MC