On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:55:58 -0000, mdk77 wrote:

Tonight I saw a pattern in my fly tying book called a Madame-X. It
said it could be used as a hopper, and it sat low in the water (like
some here have mentioned is a "good thing"). It looked real easy to
tie (I'm in my first season of tying so easy is a good thing right
now).

Any of you used this pattern with success as a hopper?

That's a *killer* pattern during hopper season for trout - and almost any time
for panfish. Smack one of those down in any of my local ponds and something's
gonna smack it back almost immediately, and for sure with a bit of
twitching...

/daytripper
(already forgetting what summer feels like. it's friggin' cold here!)