by admin | Nov 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
PATTERN DESCRIPTION: The Easy-E Hopper is an easy to see, easy to keep floating, and easy to tie, foam pattern that caught lots of fish this past summer. I generally tie this foam bullet-head pattern in smaller sizes to imitate caddis, stoneflies and little hoppers....
by admin | Mar 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
PATTERN DESCRIPTION: The Boulder Hopper is a newer pattern that I created for catching fussy fish in low, clear water. By using thin foam for the body and wing, this hopper looks very realistic in smaller sizes. I tie this hopper in sizes 8-16, but a size 12 seems...
by admin | Mar 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
PATTERN DESCRIPTION: The Improved Thunder Thighs Hopper was my go-to hopper pattern last summer in sizes 8-14 in tan, goldenrod, and flesh. As the summer went on, this hopper seemed to fish better and better. The realistic silhouette of this grasshopper pattern...
by admin | Jan 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
PATTERN DESCRIPTION: The Green Machine was originally tied to imitate a Skwala stonefly which is a late-winter to early-spring hatching stonefly here in Montana. The original Green Machine is tied with brown/olive two-tone foam, with the olive tied down as the...
by ericparamore | Dec 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
PATTERN DESCRIPTION: How to tie Rainy’s High-Viz Grand Hopper. Rainy’s Grand Hopper has been around for years, but the trout never seem to get tired of eating this realistic foam hopper. With it’s wiggly, knotted rubber legs, thick foam body, and...
by admin | Feb 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
PATTERN DESCRIPTION: The Morrish Hopper is probably the most realistic and effective foam hopper imitation tied for fly fishing. Late summer in Montana the trout are keying in on hoppers and other terrestrials and every fly fisherman knows this. Once your standby...
