Coetzer's Hopper SBS

[ScottP]

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




clean, stack, measure (2x shank) a clump of deer hair




trim to length, align butts with 2/3 mark



switch hands, tie in with 2 soft loops, pull thread tight but don't allow it to spin; trim buts








dub thread/dub abdomen




tie in KF; fold back, tie down, trim ( gap width past bend)

[ScottP]

Part 2

back Swiss Straw with tape, fold and cut to shape






tie in, cover wing butts with dubbing






pull deer hair up and back; tie down at 2/3 mark, covering top half of the head




tie in legs




tie in indicator




half hitch x 2, SHHAN, trim legs








Regards,
Scott

[lastchance]

really cool tie.

[dpenrod]

really cool tie.

+1. love foam hoppers for their floatability and durability, but am definitely going to tie this one.