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Coetzer's Hopper SBS
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Found this on Tom Sutcliffe's site. A neat, simple, old school fly; made a few substitutions to the original materials but nothing major. Not sure if he just uses plain raffia for the wing; I backed the Swiss Straw I used with Scotch tape - made it easy to fold/crease it.
hook -Dai Riki 300 #10
thread - UTC 140. Tan
abdomen/head - Zelon dubbing hydropsyche
under underwing - Krystal Flash root beer
underwing - Swiss Straw rust
semi-bullethead/wing - deer hair
legs - medium rubber corn snake
indicator - 1mm foam orange
Part 1
mash barb, start thread, tie in at 2/3 mark and wrap to the eye
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clean, stack, measure (2x shank) a clump of deer hair
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trim to length, align butts with 2/3 mark
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switch hands, tie in with 2 soft loops, pull thread tight but don't allow it to spin; trim buts
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dub thread/dub abdomen
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tie in KF; fold back, tie down, trim ( gap width past bend)
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Originally Posted by
lastchance
really cool tie.
+1. love foam hoppers for their floatability and durability, but am definitely going to tie this one.
