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Mop Hopper

Terrestrial · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

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

Materials

  • Mop chenille (microfiber mop finger) Tan/yellow mop chenille (1 finger)
  • Foam sheet, 2mm Tan fly tying foam (1 strip, hook-gap wide)
  • Round rubber legs Barred tan rubber legs (2 pair)
  • Deer hair or poly Natural/hi-vis (small clump for head/indicator)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread mid-shank and bind a tan mop finger on top so the rounded tip sweeps just past the bend for the fat hopper abdomen; wrap forward to pin the butt at the 60% mark.
  2. Lay a hook-gap-wide foam strip over the mop, bind it down at the 60% mark, and pull it back to form a low overwing shell for the body.
  3. Figure-8 a pair of barred rubber legs on each side at the 65% mark so they kick out and slightly back.
  4. Fold the foam forward again and bind at the 80% mark to build a segmented foam head, trimming the front into a blunt hopper nose.
  5. Tie in a short clump of hi-vis poly or deer hair over the head as a sighter, then trim.
  6. Whip finish under the foam head and add a drop of cement to the thread.

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