Favorite Hoppers?

[SHigSpeed]

Haven't tied any yet and I'm going creekin' this weekend. Any favorites (and links to tutorials) you'd like to share?

Post up! :)

_SHig

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

For trout one of the most popular common hopper is the Dave's Hopper.

Mid to late summer in the windy afternoons is hopper time.

Now for warm water species we have lots of big wild colored foam attractor like hoppers too.

[Ed Wahl]

My last trip to the Silver I fished a Hopper Popper Dropper. They still tried to eat that popper too.

Ed

[Rich Leonetti]

I love the look of Mikey Weirs Hopper er um... Hoppicator..but still havent caugh a fish on it.
Dave's Hopper has been most productive.

[jblack]

I like that one and the B/C Hopper. I caught a good number of fish last some on Weir's Whopper which is a bit different than the hoppicator. If SHig is nice I might let him have a couple this weekend-- As long as his wife sends some yummy baked goods with him.

[Darrin.Deel]

I have had really good luck with Morrish's Hopper. Never needs any floatant, easy to see, and catches fish. The fly is an Idylwilde fly.
http://www.kaufmannsstreamborn.com/images/Products/FLYMORH/fs.jpg

[jburge]

FWIW, my brother and I had great success on elk hair hoppers all over Montana. Don't know about northern CA, but as soon as I got home from my trip on Sunday, I tied up a few and will be trying them out this weekend myself too. Very similar to stimulators. I'll post a pic...

John

Elk hair hopper

http://bdigitaldesign.com/montana/elkhair_hopper.jpg

And, I've never tried these but I couldn't resist buying a few because of the name, "Mystery Meat."

http://bdigitaldesign.com/montana/mystery_meat.jpg

[MarcP]

I've had my best luck with para hoppers and henry's fork hoppers.

[oldtrout]

I too like the para-hopper. The first flies I tied were hoppers, just yellow yarn, turkey tail, and brown hackle.

Now this guy can tie a hopper:

http://www.flytyingforum.com/uploads/img4315f78bb9e4f.jpg

[SHigSpeed]

My recent attempt:

_SHig

[Scott V]

My recent attempt:

_SHig

Very nice first attempt Scott, those should fish really good. I know of a couple bass that would eat them right up with no hesitation.

[EricO]

Attempt? Uh, I'd say you nailed it. Do you happen to have
a link to a tutorial for that fly? That thing will float for days!

Eric

[SHigSpeed]

Attempt? Uh, I'd say you nailed it. Do you happen to have
a link to a tutorial for that fly? That thing will float for days!

Eric

Sorry, kinda winged it so to speak... Here's my newest:

I took some photos, maybe I'll do a write-up.

_SHig

[Hairstacker]

Attempt? Uh, I'd say you nailed it. Do you happen to have
a link to a tutorial for that fly? That thing will float for days!

Eric

I agree, I thought he nailed it too. Must say, john (aka jburge) nailed his as well . . . very nice flies pictured in this thread. =D>

[flounder]

I've been curious about drowned hopper patterns. I found a hare's ear hopper pattern that seems like it might work. Is anyone else aware of other drowned hopper patterns?

[Terry Thomas]

For stillwater selective trout, the Berrett's hopper is another excellent choice.
T.

[k.hanley]

Say hey SHIG here's some more hopper love. Lots of color variations to play with. This is a tan/brown pygmy hopper version. You can color the foam cap or not (I usually do).
Cheers, Ken

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/pacificextremes/PygmyHopper-Variations.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w155/pacificextremes/PygmyHopper-Trout.jpg

[flounder]

Apparently Joe's Hopper can be constructed with a little lead and made into a wet fly:

http://stevenojai.tripod.com/joehop.htm

[jburge]

Ha, thanks for the props Mike ;-) I still have work to do.

Anybody else seen this one?
http://www.danica.com/flytier/msmith/amys_ant.htm

Is it an ant? Is it a hopper? It sure looks fun to tie.

John

[JD]

John:

Amy's Ant is a Jack Dennis pattern, and yes it is generally though of as a hopper pattern (Chernobyl Ant variant). Charlie Craven has a great step-by-step on his site for this pattern: http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=165

[Mike O]

I fish and tie the Amy's Any fly all the time. That charlie's fly box link is the best tutorial. I learned a couple of tricks to making this fly off there. I used the fly on the South Platte and Yuba, caught fish both places.

Another that has killed during hopper season is the PMX--Parachute Madam X
http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=101