Tie in red feather fiber tail
Tie in yellow whatever kind of yarn for the body and form a loop above the tail
Wrap the body forward and tie in the ribbing hackle
Wrap ribbing hackle forward an trim as show
Prepare the 2 matched turkey quill sections and tie in as shown
Tie in front hackle
Wrap front hackle tie off and you're done
Joe's Hopper
Hook: your favorite
Thread: white or yellow
Tail: red hackle fibers
Body: yellow yarn of your choice
Ribbing: brown hackle, trimmed
Wing: 2 matched turkey quill sections
Front hackle: brown and grizzly (I used a cree saddle)
Thanks for looking
Sorry for the crappy turkey wing slips. Thats what I had on hand. Off to the fly shop to get some better quality turkey!
3 comments:
One of my all time favorite hopper pattern along with Dave's Hopper. Great looking patterns when tied correctly.
Elegant...
I starred this one, haven't seen it displayed in detail before. I was just getting ready to start stocking the boxes up for hoppers...Thanks. JGR
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