There's an area of Maine, USA that I'll be fishing this summer where the adjacent farmlands are supposed to be harvested just a week prior to my fishing. Even though I can't wade this go of it (and it's "bugging" me that's the case), I figure that the hoppers and/or crickets will make their typical migration down to the water because of the farms' harvests, so I should be tying up the same-sized terrestrials as past years.
Not that past years' patterns didn't work well (namely a modified 'letort cricket' in pale yellow- rusty-olive with a dyed candy-apple-red hackle tail, and then a pink-craft-store-foam 'baby boy hopper', both relatively small, in size 12 to 14), but I always have a desire to try new patterns. Anyone have some favorite hopper or cricket patterns that might be new to me? I heard that one of the magazines (perhaps "fly fisherman"?) has a feature on Hoppers this latest issue, but I've yet to read / get it, and see if there are patterns in there. Happy Fourth of July to everyone in USA, -Pete (ZugbugPete) -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
