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Bionic Hopper

Terrestrial · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 3 versions

Reference Recipe

• Hook 2X-long dry/terrestrial hook, 8-12
• Thread Tan 6/0 (140 denier)

Materials

• Body Tan/yellow material (2mm foam, layered)
• Legs Barred yellow rubber legs (2 knotted rubber legs)
• Underwing Pearl anti static bag strip (few strands flash)
• Wing Natural case (1 clump elk hair)
• Indicator Orange permanent marker (small foam post)

How to tie it

1. Mount the long-shank hook and lay a thread base to the bend.
2. Bind a tan foam strip along the top and segment it with 2-3 thread cinches to form the abdomen, rear end reaching past the bend.
3. Tie in a few strands of flash and a natural elk-hair wing over the body, tips at the bend.
4. Knot a rubber leg for each side and bind them so they kick down and back at the thorax.
5. Fold a short foam section forward over the thorax for the head and bind behind the eye, leaving a stub bullet.
6. Set a bright foam indicator tab on top, whip finish under the head, and trim legs to about one shank length.

Other versions

2 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2.

Tying videos

• Bionic Hopper — Fly Fish Food (YouTube)
• Bionic Hopper — Charlie's Fly Box (YouTube)
• Bionic Hopper — Fly Fish Food (YouTube)
• Bionic Hopper — Fly Fish Food (Fly Fish Food (tutorial))
• Bionic Hopper — Fly Fish Food (Fly Fish Food (tutorial))

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