Dave's Hopper Fly Strawberry buoyant dray fly

buoyant dray fly

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What Fly fishing lure

It was designed to mimic stoneflies

Grumpy Beta from original watercolor and ink drawing

Dave's Hopper Fly Strawberry buoyant dray flyThis grasshopper inspired fly was drawn in colored pencil, hand cut out, and attached with fishing line into a foam box I hand built. The background and walls of foam box are painted with red and yellow India Ink. Dave's Hopper was created by Dave Whitlock to imitate grasshoppers with a low floating profile. It is made with durable deer hair. It features a yellow body, mottled turkey wing, spun deer hair head, and knotted hackle legs that help give it