Thunder Thighs Hopper – make great legs be attractive

Thunder Thighs Hopper, Flesh

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…

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Morrish Hopper – reliable most effective hopper ever

Morrish Hopper

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…

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Joe’s Hopper – a salute to an old friend

Joe's Hopper

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…

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Dave’s Hopper – an epic expert pattern

Dave's Hopper

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…

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Henry’s Fork Hopper – the superior A+ buoyant reward

Henry's Fork Hopper

Henry’s Fork Hopper Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Overwing Underwing Legs Head Henry’s Fork Hopper The Henry’s Fork Hopper designed by Mike Lawson in the mid-1970’s remains a popular pattern. It utilizes Elk Hair for most of it’s parts and therefore is very buoyant. Mike Lawson fishes the Henry’s Fork,…

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Trude – providing a successful “joke”

Royal Trude

Royal Trude Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body and Tail Wing Hackle Trude The Trude is a down-wing dry pattern usually tied with a calf tail hair wing and a heavy hackle collar. Originally, the Trude was a streamer fly designed by Carter H. Harrison of Chicago, Illinois, in the summer…

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Humpy – from a strong predecessor

Yellow Humpy

Yellow Humpy Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Shellback Tail Wing , divided Hackle , mixed Humpy Many fly historians believe the Humpy originated during the early 1940’s by California Fly Tyer, Jack Horner, in the Hat Creek area of the Northern Sierra. It was known asHorner’s Deer Hair Fly. The…

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Goofus Bug – an amazing and effective pattern

Goofus Bug

Goofus Bug Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Shellback Tail Wing Hackle Goofus Bug A fly pattern named the Tom Thumb was designed in the early 1940’s in England and made its way to Western Canada. Author/Angler Art Lingren cites the naming of the Tom Thumb to late British Columbia angler…

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Gray Ugly – the ultimate Renegade

Gray Ugly

Gray Ugly Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Ribbing Tail Butt Hackle , Fore and Aft Gray Ugly Like the Sierra Bright Dot, the Gray Ugly is a Fore and Aft pattern in which there are a Front and Rear Grizzly hackle. The body is peacock herl. Grizzly Hackle and Peacock…

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