chugbug27 0 Report post Posted August 15, 2019 Nice tie there, mikemac, I like it... BTW I tried looking up "cherry pie hopper" having not heard of that pattern, and apparently there's an ipa beer by that name infused with cherries & granadine... Just sayin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikemac1 0 Report post Posted August 15, 2019 Nice tie there, mikemac, I like it... BTW I tried looking up "cherry pie hopper" having not heard of that pattern, and apparently there's an ipa beer by that name infused with cherries & granadine... Just sayin https://www.jsflyfishing.com/blog/easy-as-cherry-pie/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryon Anderson 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2019 Nick my flies are packaged up and my wife will mail them tomorrow from work. Thanks for hosting! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2019 i would recommend searching for hatch books concerning your area these books will give you the insect and a corresponding fly pattern to match it https://www.google.com/search?q=fly+hatch+books&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKmojKvo_kAhVvUN8KHQcHD2AQ_AUIEigC&biw=1600&bih=757 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2019 First of the flies are in the house. Hoppers in from Rick Ziegler, Mikemac1, and a really nice soft hackle from Professori. Prof, that Guinea hackle really looks good. Never used it but definitely will see if any of the Guinea feathers I have loose will work for Northern Spiders. Right now in our area the hoppers are out in ridiculous numbers. Should be a first choice if I ever get to one of the local lakes. Almost makes me wonder if the loss of birds they talk about could be allowing the hoppers to propagate beyond normal limits. I know a lot of birds eat them but right they're doing all the eating and ruined my wife's flower bed and can't walk through any grass without a continuous flare up of the mutant hoppers we have here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodenlegs 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2019 Flies will go in the snail mail tomorrow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2019 Nice little bugs, Woodenlegs! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnw1986 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2019 Took mine to the post office today Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2019 If you guys don't mind a second set of hoppers in the mix, that's what I had planned to tie. edit: foam, deer hair wing, and bug legs from FTD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2019 Bryon, your great looking streamers are in the house. Dogface, when hoppers are on the menu they get chewed up pretty good. Never hurts to have a little extra variety in the box. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2019 Bryon, your great looking streamers are in the house. Dogface, when hoppers are on the menu they get chewed up pretty good. Never hurts to have a little extra variety in the box. Tying up 12 tan foam hoppers with deer hair wings from a buck I harvested last year. They'll be in the mail Monday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodenlegs 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2019 Nice little bugs, Woodenlegs! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodenlegs 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2019 Thanks Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2019 Two more arrivals. We're halfway there. Johnw1986 sent a cool little "banana spider". Woodenlegs shared a cool cross (or seems to me) between a nymph and a soft hackle that I just know he has caught a lot of fish on on his local rivers (tailwaters). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogfacedoc 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2019 Vic my package went out monday, have you gotten it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites