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I really like the fly John. When you first posted it on the Fly Tying forum I tried it out. I've tyed up several in different colors of antron and foam. My wife's friend is visiting from Portland, OR and she's asked me to show her how to ty it. I think I'll show it at my club meeting tomorrow night if I get the chance. Thanks for the recipe. Jim
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Great looking Fly John, can't wait to tie one up and get it on the water. I'll let you know how it does around here.
Thanks.
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Got a few tied up, but as anyone I tie with can attest, I have an irresistable urge to depart from the text. I changed a few things to fit my tying style and make them a bit more panfish friendly. I was going to wait and post a few pics of them hanging out of fish lips, but I don't know when I'll get the chance, so here's a few pics of just the flies. Thanks again for a great pattern, John!
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Obviously (:roll: ) you had not seen my post ... BUT ... now I don't have to get them off my phone!!! You all need to know that the little green one is chartreuse (bright, bright, chartreuse!), the other is lemon/lime, with bling, and the red one is from the planet Xenon!! What a great evening! thank you Bluegill and John Scott!!
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Wish I could blame the glue, Steve, but that's just the way my head's screwed on:roll:
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I am sure they will catch fish.
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Blame them both!!
And then the fish!!!!!
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Hi John,
great little hopper. I've been tying some on 8's and 10's for a friend of mine. I was wonder, while tying them up, how wide are you cutting your foam. I've always used the "rule of thumb" to cut it about the same width as the hook gap. Does that sound about right ?? I tied one on an 8 with the foam about the same width of the hook gap and it looks good, just was wonder if you did the same thing.
thanks again for another great FEB pattern, luv tying them :)
Mike
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Hmmmmmmm .......
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Thanks. And you are welcome.
Hate to say that I am not scientific, but I'm not. I've just been eyeballing the foam width as I tie the fly. It's more a matter of overall proportion and what it will take to float the fly ( with some assist from the deer hair ) than any kind of formula.
For a more realist hopper look, I think the middle should be the widest part, and it probably should narrow down again at the front rather than having such a pronounced bullet head. Having said that, and considering it has probably been taken as often as a golden stone where I have fished it, I think the length, wider upper body, and all the movement to be achieved with the flexible extended body and the three sets of legs, plus the shadow ( flutter ? ) of the deer hair wing combine for a good set of triggers.
If the fishies you guys are chasing don't try to eat it, you may have to make some changes for local conditions. Kind of like the "bassed up" version on the other thread, and bluegill's "hopper porn" on this one.
Hope you enjoy fishing them as much as you enjoy tying them.
John