Dave's Hopper

Imitates: Grasshopper
Sizes: 6-12
Originator: Dave Whitlock
Kind: Terrestrial

Tied with

Hook: 3X long dry fly, 6-12
Thread: Yellow 3/0
Tail: Red deer hair over a loop of yellow yarn
Body: Yellow yarn, ribbed with brown hackle trimmed short
Underwing: Pale yellow deer hair
Wing: Mottled turkey quill, lacquered and cut to shape
Legs: Knotted pheasant tail fibres
Head: Spun deer hair, trimmed to a collar

Seeded and shared, like the fly itself. Tyers vary a recipe and this is the one it was written down as, under the name of whoever wrote it.

Where it has worked

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