Tying Sequence:
Hook:
Dry fly hook, sized to
suit.
Thread: Danville
3/0
Body: Bill
Skilton Foam
Hopper/Cricket Body
(Yellow)
Legs: Pumpkin
flake Sili Legs
From Bob:
Jay
Fullum's "Early Hopper"
first saw the light of
day in the Summer 2000
issue of Fly Tyer
magazine, and was most
recently published in
his book "Fishy's
Favorites". For the body
I used a yellow pre-cut
hopper body from Bill
Skilton (billskilton.com), which
eliminates the cutting
and trimming that Fishy
uses when carving his
bodies from blocks of
foam.
The body
is slit along the bottom
and super glued to a
thread covered hook
shank. A couple wraps
are made along the body
to create the impression
of segmentation,
followed by a couple
swipes with a marking
pen. Add legs, eyes, and
that's that. These are
extremely easy to tie,
and they look fantastic. They
are my favorite hopper
pattern by far.
