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| Extended Abdomen Hopper X |
Preparing for my Mongolia trip this coming September, I need to tie a hopper pattern that float high and easy to see…
Picture of the hopper I’m imitating
Materials :
Hook – Gamakatsu B10S / F-314 size 6
3mm thks and 1.5mm thk close cell foam
Loon Hard Head
Pheasant Tail knob legs
Barb sili legs
Elk Hair as inner wing
Tape wing
Markers
Step by step tying instructions:
Prepare the foam abdomen separately…
(the SBS of this will be post separately)
Tie down the lower portion of the foam and drop some super glue
Tie down the top portion of the foam
Color the abdomen with the marker
Tie in a pair of knob Pheasant tail fiber leg
Tie in a pcs of 1.5mm thk foam
Tie in some Orange color Elk hair
Fold over the 3mm top portion foam, tie down
Tie in the tape wing and sili legs
Tie in a bright Yelow foam on top
Fold over the bottom portion and tie down both foam
Whip finish
Color it with marker, drop a black Loon Hard Head as eye and paint the leg red
The Extended Abdomen Hopper X is ready
About The Author
Hi,
This is Carlos, from Spain nice grasshopper!! It looks real !!
It has to be great with carp and barbel
take a look to my small fishing blog :
http://pescarlitos.blogspot.com.es/
good fishing
Thank you Carlos
Very Nice Hopper!
I want to buy some!