Newbie hopper pattern subject revisited

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?

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!)

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?

Yep...it is an excellent hopper pattern, and also works well with a
dropper attached.

Tim Lysyk

On Nov 10, 5:55 pm, 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?

Is this it??
http://www.rackelhanen.se/eng/10182.htm
I might even be able to tie it.

On Nov 10, 8:55 pm, 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?

I'm going to give up one of my secret weapons here......tie the Madam
X all in black in size 10. It probably represents a cricket, or maybe
a large beetle, I don't know. What I do know, is once the Sulphur
hatch on my home water ends in August, this becomes my #1 dry pattern.
It is especially effective in September and October, and I have even
caught a few fish on it in November. Another good late summer/ early
fall producer for me is a Bumblebee, tied with deer hair on a size 10
hook.

"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?


Oh yeah. Great little bug. Even better if you tie it ala the mad librarian,
Conan: under the deer hair wing, add a couple CDC feathers. Gives it a
little extra motion.

Another variation I like is to tie it with a few strands of kystal flash or
something similar in the tail area. Good at dusk and dawn.

Have fun,

-Dan

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?


The Madame X is a classic terrestrial pattern. Try sometime a Turck's
Tarantula, which was derived from the Madame X. It's like a grasshopper
in drag. The fish love it.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"mdk77" wrote in message
(I'm in my first season of tying so easy is a good thing right
now).

I tied up a mess o' those for a DDFS swap a few years back.
http://www.gula.org/roffswaps/detail...e=DD2001&id=18 Nice pattern, not
too tough to tie, but the getting the hair length right can be frustrating
until you get into the rhythm. (That's one of the great things about the
swaps - after tying up a couple dozen wrong , you start getting good at
doing it right.)

Joe F.

On 11 Nov, 03:54, BJ Conner wrote:


Is this it??http://www.rackelhanen.se/eng/10182.htm
I might even be able to tie it.

Why would anybody be interested in what a nasty evil little ****bag
like you has to say?

MC

On Nov 10, 9:55 pm, Mike wrote:
On 11 Nov, 03:54, BJ Conner wrote:



Is this it??http://www.rackelhanen.se/eng/10182.htm
I might even be able to tie it.

Why would anybody be interested in what a nasty evil little ****bag
like you has to say?

MC

Thanks for the kind words.
Why don't you ask them if your really interested?
MDK77 made a valuable informative post. I'll tie some of them up and
take them to the Bow next August.