Tying Instructions |
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Actual Hopper |
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Notes: 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 but ants, hare's ear nymphs, and caddis patterns. These patterns were picked up by Umpqua Feather Merchants and have been marketed throughout the Sierra Nevada region as well as most of the United States. The White Calf Hair parachute makes this hopper very visible so that you can follow the drift. He suggests keeping the wingpost no more than one half the shank length so that the hopper is more streamlined for the windy conditions which you are often encounter preceeding the use of the fly. The parachute also makes the fly a usefull indicator with a nymph dropped below it. |
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Parachute, Golden Stone |
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Parachute, Cricket |
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