Give me some hopper pattern suggestions

[flywhiteguy 0]

I am going to be out that way in July also if it is your first trip to Cody don't miss seeing the musuem it is really cool

[mridenour 0]

We were there last year but didn't have time to catch the museum. We are for sure hitting it this year.

[flyguy2112 0]

All great flys...

[mridenour 0]

thanks for all the great suggestions! i will be well-stocked with great flies.

[Jimr1961 0]

If you're going to do a hopper with turkey wing slip for the wing case, try tying a few replacing the turkey with a church window or the mottled feathers just above from a Ringneck Pheasant. Dip it in poly urethane and squeegie it off between your fingers and let it dry on wax paper. they make very nice wing cases, light and hold up well.

 

http://www.jackgartside.com/step_pheasant_hopper.htm

[Bryon Anderson 0]

Nobody has suggested A.K. Best's "A.K.'s Hopper", so I thought I'd toss it into the mix. According to A.K., it is an amalgam of his three favorite hopper patterns: Joe's Hopper, the Letort Hopper and the Whitlock Hopper. Here's a link that shows how I tie it:

 

http://truenorthtrout.com/2009/07/midsummer-hoppers-a-k-s-hopper/

 

I also like Rainey's Parachute Hopper: http://truenorthtrout.com/2009/07/midsummer-hoppers-the-parachute-hopper/

 

and the venerable Madam X: http://truenorthtrout.com/2009/07/midsummer-hoppers-the-madam-x/

 

I know that big slabs of multi-colored foam and about a dozen boingy legs are all the rage in hopper patterns these days, but I've come to prefer these simpler patterns that use mostly natural materials. They look more natural to me, and the brown trout here in Michigan seem to agree, because I've hung some whoppers on all three of these patterns.