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Hopper Hex
Hook 10 dryfly to 10 3x long
tail duck flank (orange, dyed woodduck, olive dyed flank)
Body angora goat dubbing on a dubbing loop. Mix of 2parts golden olive to 1 part hot orange.
Wing same as tail
Hackle orange saddle
Weight is optional usually 5 to 6 wraps of lead or lead free wire.
You can change the colors of all ingrediants toget the hopper of your choice. Supposed to represent a drowned grass hopper, or hexagina nymph.
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Comment by dick tabbert on June 14, 2012 at 5:01am
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Thanks Greg I'm not doing feathers yet but when I do this one will be at the top on my list.
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Comment by Greg McWilliams on August 9, 2009 at 11:51pm
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Hopper/ hex
Same recipe as the guinea , except with duck flank feathers
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