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![]() Any body got a *foam hopper* pattern they would like to share? I saw the 1st live grasshopper of the summer today. I usually tie them with conventional materials but would like to give the foam a go. Thanks, DH -- DoubleHaul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DoubleHaul's Profile: http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulleti...hp?userid=1306 View this thread: http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulleti...ad.php?t=11797 ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Here is my Improved Hopper
These hoppers catch largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, trout, bluegill and catfish and are excellent searching new waters. They can be used almost year around and are especially useful in wind. Yellow ones are easy to see in faint light. Floating and sinking hoppers are equally effective. Use small green size 12 hoppers in early season and big size 4 brown and yellow hoppers in the late fall. This pattern is tied under the hook making it ride higher and more fish-attractive. Pattern Traditional Material Hook: Size 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 4X long, light wire Dai-Riki 700;.Mustad 9671 or 9672; or Daiichi 1710 or 1720. Choose lightest wire possible. Thread: 6/0 - size 8-12; 3/0 - size 6-4; black, yellow or green waxed. Tail: Dyed crimson hen saddle hackle - 5-7 fibers -2/3 to 100% web. Body: Small and medium round foam; yellow and white colored with Leaf Green and Tan Prismacolor permanent marker. Wings: Natural brown, dyed yellow and green hen back; bent and prepared. Under 7-9 bleached and dyed yellow or green elk or moose hairs, Coating: Dave's Flexament or Softtex on Saran Wrap. Hackle: Grizzly; natural, dyed yellow or green, shiny side forward. Legs: Knotted pheasant tail fibers or trimmed grizzly hackle stem. In advance, coat bottom side of hen feather, place bottom side on Saran Wrap and let dry overnight. Instructions 1. Measure piece of foam size of hook, measured from bend to hook eye, and cut. 2. Measure one hook gap on foam, then punch hook point through center of foam and push foam up against hook eye out of the way. Insert hook in vise. 3. Select 5-7 red hackle fibers one gap long, trim and tie off looping down at bend. 4. Pull foam back to thread, place foam under hook with short end to left of thread and over red fibers. Using soft loop technique and thumb nail, form abdomen under hook, crossing on top of hook. Tie off end of foam leaving room for hackle. 5. Select, pack and trim hair foam length plus one half gap extra. Tie in and wrap hair. 6. Tie in legs; splayed. For ease in tying, tuck ends of legs under hopper through bend. 7. Select dried hen back feather that is at least as long as foam. Using scissors, trim Saran Wrap, discarding webby fluff. Bend in halves along center of feather, Saran side down. Trim to form matching wing case. 8. Tie in wing case over legs and hair, leave room for tying head, cement if desired. 9. Select grizzly hackle, tie in dull side forward, whip finish and apply head cement. The yellow size 8 caught a 16 inch small bass today. Hope this helps. Any questions, just let me know Good luck! John "DoubleHaul" wrote in message news ![]() Any body got a *foam hopper* pattern they would like to share? I saw the 1st live grasshopper of the summer today. I usually tie them with conventional materials but would like to give the foam a go. Thanks, DH -- DoubleHaul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DoubleHaul's Profile: http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulleti...hp?userid=1306 View this thread: http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulleti...ad.php?t=11797 ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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DoubleHaul wrote:
Any body got a *foam hopper* pattern they would like to share? I saw the 1st live grasshopper of the summer today. I usually tie them with conventional materials but would like to give the foam a go. You could always try the "club sandwich": http://shop.flyfishing.about.com/fly...etails/328.htm Then there's the "klod hopper": http://fishingwithflies.com/HoppersKlodHopper.htm Last night I was playing around with a "new" design. I had tied some furled body mayflies for my trip to the mountains last month, and got to thinking that a similar design might work for hoppers. To tie a furled body you attach some poly yarn to your hook and leave it extending back past the bend. Twist the yarn until it just starts to kink. Double it forward over itself, letting it twist around itself, pulling the loose piece forward to the desired length of the body. Tie the loose piece off on top of the hook. (If this isn't making any sense, you can see it done he http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...31907fotw.html) Anyhow, I took some yellow poly yarn (a thick piece, as hoppers have bulky bodies), attached it to a #10 Tiemco 2487 and made an extended furled body (I left the top piece long to use as a parachute post). I then added a turkey quill wing over that, dubbed up to where I posted the poly yarn, tied in an oversized grizzly hackle on the post, tied in a brown/black mottled rubber leg on either side, dubbed in front of the legs and wrapped my hackle and tied off. The result is a pretty cool-looking extended body hopper that should sit pretty low on the water, but with the poly yarn, should float quite well. And as soon as we get a couple of days without flooding, I'll give it a try. :-| Chuck Vance |
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