Hoppers, locust & crickets
From what I can understand Dan Popovics conceived the original Nobby Hopper. It has undergone a number of changes since it was designed including the change of the body to yellow chenille by Noel Jetson when he developed the Noels Nobby. Whilst I don't think either the Original or any of the…
Last Udpated: May 2024Whilst there are over 2000 species of Grasshoppers and Locust in Australia there are really only three "hoppers" that are of significance to fly fishers. Hoppers are normally fished as dry flies but it is worth noting that as some hoppers drown and sink, and consequently, fishing a hopper pattern…
Last Udpated: May 2024The original pattern was tied by a lady called Elsa. One of the benefits of this fly is that it lands much more softly than many other hopper flies. Still very graceful these variants are big and "buggy" and have the general form of a grass hopper with its wings outstretched. Whilst the original…
Last Udpated: May 2024If you fish fast water and need a very buoyant hopper or a buoyant fly to support a nymph try this one. Materials Hook Thread Tail & over-body Wing Legs 4 to 10 2X long shank or bass stinger 3/0 thread for trout flies Wapsie 210 Denier thread for bass flies for bass flies Closed cell foam Deer…
Last Udpated: May 2024“Black Crickets” of the sub-family Teleogryllus move around freely at night and often find them self in trouble in the water. Like their hopper and locust cousins they are high in protein and sought after by trout. From a fly tiers point of view these crickets are up to 35 mm in length when mature…
Last Udpated: May 2024A popular fly in the United Kingdom this fly is equally at home early and late in the season in Australia. We don't have any burgundy coloured hoppers that I am aware of but this buggy looking fly often works when the first and last of the seasons terrestrials are around. Whilst not a strong…
Last Udpated: May 2024Whilst not tied to imitate any particular insect this down wing style of fly can be tied with your favourite materials and in your favourite colours to imitate a range of insects. It is a good prospecting fly when nothing appears to be happening. In larger sizes it can be twitched or fished dead…
Last Udpated: May 2019Whilst there are over 2000 species of Grasshoppers and Locust in Australia there are really only three "hoppers" that are of significance to fly fishers. My bullet nosed foam hopper has a general hopper type form and function and works well in smaller sizes as a representation of a Trouser-Brace…
Last Udpated: December 2014Whilst there are over 2000 species of Grasshoppers and Locust in Australia there are really only three "hoppers" that are of significance to fly fishers. Hoppers are normally fished as dry flies but it is worth noting that as some hoppers drown and sink and consequently fishing a hopper pattern wet…
Last Udpated: December 2014