FLY
Terrestrial
Pheasant Tail Hopper
Tied by Richard Harris
Pheasant Tail Hopper recipe
| Hook | Mustard 9671 #8 |
|---|---|
| Thread | UTC Ultra 70D Hopper Yellow |
| Body | Hairline dry fly dubbing-mixed colors Light Olive and Dark Olive Green |
| Rib | D- Rib small Dk. Golden Stone |
| Legs | Pheasant Tail -Dyed yellow and Natural |
| Wing Case | Turkey wing feathers dyed yellow and green |
| Thorax | Same dubbing as the body |
| Post | Calf hair white |
| Hackle | Grizzly, and Brown Grizzly/ whiting farms |
About this fly
There are a lot of parts to this fly. I tied the legs by putting the tail feathers together separating the amount I needed and then tying them. Mix the diving colors together in a coffee grinder. For the wing cases, I cut them with caddis wing cutters.
What the Pheasant Tail Hopper imitates
- Grasshopper (adult)
- Hopper / cricket (adult)
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
