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!
One of my all time favorite hopper pattern along with Dave's Hopper. Great looking patterns when tied correctly.
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ReplyDeleteI 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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