Hopkins Variant

Hopkins Variant

Dry Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #12 – 16 fine wire

Thread: beige

Tail: brown hackle barbs

Wings: Jungle Cock nails, short

Body: Blue and Yellow Macaw quill

Hackle: furnace, tied dry fly style, extra long

Notes:

from the recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

a Ray Bergman dry fly inspired by Don Martinez’s Dunham

Macaw quill is the barbs from a Macaw tail