King Kong Hopper SBS

Fly Patterns
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Conspicuous consumption meets wretched excess. Tied here in salmonfly colors; change as you see fit.

hook - Mustad 79580 #2
thread - UTC 140 hot orange
tail - rubber brown
body - 2mm foam rust, orange, dark brown
wing - elk hair
indicator - 2mm foam orange
legs - rubber medium orange barred

Part 1

poke a hole in rust foam strip (hook gap wide), mash barb and slide on hook (most pics I’ve seen have all 3 layers on top, but when I try that, I get a lot of rolling, even with liberal amounts of Super Glue; mounting the bottom layer underneath the hook gives me a more stable base)

attach thread at head and wrap back to bend

1 soft loop, pull slowly but firmly (to keep from cutting the foam) to create first segment

lay second layer of foam and tie down; repeat with top layer

cross over the top and wrap back (slow, gentle pull to create segment)

insert rubber for feelers

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Part 2

create another segment back, pull feelers back, trapping rubber against side of body

cross wrap over top, moving forward to initial tie-in

move thread forward, tie down bottom foam, then the other layers, one at a time (lost the pic for top layer, please use imagination)

repeat; at this point you should be at the 50% mark

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Part 3

clean, stack and measure (gap width past the bend) a clump of elk; tie in, trim butts

tie in indicator (a little narrower than body foam)

tie in legs

repeat

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Part 4

poke another hole in bottom foam at eye, pull foam up and tie down

create last segment

half hitch x 2, SHHAN

trim front/back foam, trim tail and legs; keep away from blondes and Empire State Building

Regards,
Scott

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Holy Mackerel, those 79580’s are long hooks.

Joe

6

Big bug, big hook. Hardest thing about fishing the salmonfly hatch is not slapping your neck when those bugs are crawling on it. Really, not kidding; yuck!

Regards,
Scott

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They are friendly little creatures. Don’t care for them when they crawl down your shirt, though…

Joe

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I grab the ones off my neck and chum 'em. love watching the slurps…

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I always considered them a handy snack while on the water. Prefer them chocolate coated but raw works to take the edge off your hunger.