Olive Hackled Hopper
Hopper Swap 2000 Swapmeister: Jim Zlomke from ..
date:Feb - June 2000

Olive Hackled Hopper

Receipe:

Hook:long shank dry fly
Thread:olive
Abdomen: light olive dubbing
Rib:Chrystal Flash
Legs:knotted pheasant tail fibers
Wing:Pheasant hen (Optional)
Hackle:olive dyed grizzly hackle
Ty in the thread and wind to the bend. Ty in the strand chrystal flash and dubb the thread. Dubb an abdomen to 2/3 of the shank. Rib with the flash. Apply a knot in two small segments of a pheasant tail feather. Ty in the legs, ty in the wing and ty in the hackle. Wind the hackle, whipfinish, and headcement. More about hopper?