Parachute Hoppers

5footfenwick

5footfenwick

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The talk about parachute ants and the lack of grass hoppers had me thinking. Wondering how you guys have done on hoppers this summer? Do many of you guys have a small size 12 parachute hopper in your terrestrial rotation? Just curious if the lack of hoppers has translated to poor hopper fishing for you guys?
 
5footfenwick said:
The talk about parachute ants and the lack of grass hoppers had me thinking. Wondering how you guys have done on hoppers this summer? Do many of you guys have a small size 12 parachute hopper in your terrestrial rotation? Just curious if the lack of hoppers has translated to poor hopper fishing for you guys?
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I caught most of my trout this season, which weren't that many, fishing a parachute Ant.
 
5footfenwick said:
The talk about parachute ants and the lack of grass hoppers had me thinking. Wondering how you guys have done on hoppers this summer? Do many of you guys have a small size 12 parachute hopper in your terrestrial rotation? Just curious if the lack of hoppers has translated to poor hopper fishing for you guys?
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I'll post a pic of one of my hopper designs I like. Hopper season is just really starting in my opinion..
 
Dear 5footfenwick,

I honestly don't think I've caught more than a few trout on grasshoppers in PA. When I did it was usually on some honking big Madame X or Chernobyl hopper, like a size 6 or 8, that was only on my leader to serve as a bobber for a dropper rig.

My go to terrestrials are crickets and ants and the lowly and almost forgotten Crowe Beetle.

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂
 
I was just curious I guess. Didn’t really seem to pop up as a topic this summer other than lack of hoppers. I’m looking at trying some size 10 or 12. I’m liking the olive body over the tan. But I’m tempted to tie some yellow ones after seeing this creature.
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Caught a ton of brookies on parachute hoppers (one was a size 12 pmx and I have no idea what the other one was called but it was a parachute something of similar size) in the past few weeks but that doesn’t really count since they literally eat anything. I haven’t had a single sniff yet on the spring creeks with hoppers and I know that isn’t just due to my fishing skills because on those same days where the hoppers got nothing I did well been on ants and beetles
 
The Morrish Hopper is my favorite. It just plain catches fish, and can be tied in less than a minute.

Using 4x-5x leader, I just pass the tag end through the eye of the hook, make 5 or 6 wraps around the leader, and return the tag end back through the loop nearest to the fly. Moisten and pull it tight, clip off the extra piece of leader sticking out, and VOILA! there you have it- a clinch knot. 😃 The Morrish Hopper is tied…on, and ready to catch fish!

I’ve tied flies for more than 60 years, and that’s the only fly that I don’t tie myself. Why waste time tying it when for a couple dollars per fly you could be catching fish with it instead?

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Hey Man,

I haven't had good hopper fishing in years. I'm stuffed to the gills with patterns, but it just seems like every Summer/Fall, I'm solely leaning on various beetle, bee and ant patterns. I'm just not seeing hoppers out in abundance along limestone spring creeks like I used to. There are many reasons for this. I gotta admit that I love watching a big brown come up from an undercut or just hanging out tight to the bank under overhanging grass and absolutely just blow your hopper up 😁 Good times
 
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