Ed Herbst's pattern works well for me. http://www.tomsutcliffe.co.za/fly-fishing/fly-tying/item/211-tying-ed-herbsts-hopper.html
On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Mike Barrett <[email protected]> wrote: > RAINY'S HI-VIS GRAND HOPPER > > BIG SECRET HOPPER > > FURIMSKY'S "HOT LEGS HOPPER" > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jul 4, 2015, at 6:33 AM, Pete Gramp <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
