Posts by Fly Fishing the Sierra

Hamburglar Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Underbody Body Overbody Legs Wing Eyes Hamburglar Andrew Grillos is a signature fly tier for Idylwilde Flies. The Hamburglar is a great pattern for beetles that is both buoyant and durable as well as easy to see. Andrew designed the pattern using two layers of…

Parachute Ant Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body Wingpost Hackle Parachute Ant The Parachute Ant pattern developed by Ed Schroeder in the early 1970’s has withstood the test of time and continues to be one of the top ant patterns for the last fifty years. Ed’s pattern used Calf Body…

Cutter’s Perfect Ant Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Shell Legs Cutter’s Perfect Ant Cutter’s Perfect Ant is designed by Ralph Cutter, of Nevada City, CA. Ralph and Lisa Cutter were proprietors of California School of Fly Fishing, now retired. Ants in the Sierra Ants will provide a steady meal…

Chernobyl Ant Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Legs Post Chernobyl Ant This fly was the winner of the 1995 Jackson Hole One Fly Contest. It was designed by Mark Forslund and Allan Woolley, guides on the Green River below Flaming Gorge, Utah. Originally, Mark tied a piece of black foam…

Bionic Ant Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Legs Wing Hackle Bionic Ant This ant pattern has been around for some time as the Sailor Ant, a black body foam cylinder with the white tip but Lance Egan wanted to add some fishattracting features to make it “Bionic”. He added…

Parachute Hopper Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Ribbing Legs Wing Wingpost Hackle Parachute Hopper This is a pattern designed by Ed Schroeder of Fresno, CA in the early 1970’s. Ed’s homewaters are the King’s River of the Sierra Nevada. Ed applied a calf hair wingpost to not only hoppers…

Thunder Thighs, Flesh Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body , glued. Thighs , glued. Legs Underwing Overwing Eyes Post Collar Thunder Thighs Hopper Eric Paramore, a fishing guide out of Livingston, Montana, designed this hopper pattern in 2010 and introduced some improvements in 2012. Umpqua Feather Merchants picked up the pattern…

Gray Morrish Hopper Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Legs Post Morrish Hopper The Morrish Hopper has the reputation of being one of the most effective foam hopper patterns ever designed. It wasn’t easy to tie due to all the proportions and trimming of the foam. Foam Cutters Available However, all…

Joe’s Hopper Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Ribbing , palmered, trimmed short and tapered Tail Wing , Treat with Flexament Hackle Joe’s Hopper Developed by Art Winnie of Traverse, Michigan in the early 1940’s. It was known as the Michigan Hopper but evolved into the name of Joe’s Hopper by…

Dave’s Hopper Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Ribbing , Palmered Tail Underwing Wing Legs , Knotted Collar , Spun Head , Spun and clipped Dave’s Hopper Dave’s Hopper is a pattern designed by the late Dave Whitlock during the mid-1950’s. Dave tried to incorporate aspects of both the Muddler Minnow…