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Hopper Juan Ramirez dressing
Hook Firehole 618, 12
Thread Semperfli Nano Silk 18/0
Materials
Body 3 mm Foam in Brown, 2mm in Tan
Over Wing 1mm Brown Foam, Stonefly Wing Cutter
Indicator Post 1mm Orange Foam, Small Sized Chernobyl Taper Cutter
Legs Barred Sexy-Floss, Tan
How to tie it
Glue a sheet of 3 mm brown foam to 2 mm tan foam and punch the laminated hopper body with the cutter, brown side up.
Start the thread and lay a wrapped base over the rear two-thirds of the shank, ending above the hook point.
Lay the foam body on top of the hook, tan belly down, with the tapered abdomen extending past the bend, and bind it down at the rear tie-in point with firm stacked wraps.
Advance the thread forward under the body and cinch a second segment at about the 60% point, then a third just behind the eye, forming the low-riding segmented body.
At the middle segment, tie in a strand of tan barred Sexi-Floss along each side so a leg trails back on either side and a shorter forward leg points ahead.
Cut the 1 mm brown foam overwing with the stonefly wing cutter and tie it in flat over the body at the front segment, notch facing rearward over the abdomen.
Tie a short strip of 1 mm orange foam over the wing tie-in point as an indicator post, trimming it to a stub that is visible from above.
Trim the rear legs about one shank-length long and the front legs shorter, whip finish under the foam at the head, and add a drop of glue to the final wraps.