GFA Hopper - Foam Dry Fly Pattern - McFly Angler Fly Tying Tutorial

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The GFA Hopper is a simple yet very effective dry fly. Being made of mostly foam and deer hair it floats very well. It also is a good representation of a grasshopper so it works well in the summer when the grasshoppers are abundant. Foam comes in a wide variety of colors, so you can make a wide range of different hopper colors. Want something bright? Go with hot pink or chartreuse? Want something more natural? Tan, gold, brown, etc will work to more represent the colors of a grasshopper. Heck even all black will work great to look like a cricket. These can be tied quite small which will work great for sunfish. The normal sizes are great for trout, and you can even go larger to mimic a cicada of sorts, and those will work great for bass. If you do go much larger, its probably best to use the 3mm foam rather than the 2mm.

To be honest, I do not know who originally created this fly. Honestly I haven't done a ton of research on that either. I first saw this fly tied by another YouTube channel called "tight-lines productions". I dont think though that they are the originator of the pattern, but they might be. I really liked the pattern after trying it, and it became a staple in my boxes when I went fishing for bass/sunfish. It also makes a regular appearance in my summer fly boxes when fishing for trout. It floats very well because of the foam, so it works great as an indicator style fly to hold up some heavy nymphs under it.

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I tie a similar one but I add a little cdc under the deer hair wing. I feel like it makes it slightly more buoyant and adds a little more buggy look. Great video, love your content!

mikiebenavidez
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This fly was what caught my first fish on a fly rod a couple years ago it works so well for trout!

fishingak
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Great tie...will this hold up a heavily weighted size 16 perdigon on a dry dropper rig?

ryantherock
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You have some of the best tieing vids onthe tube. I can't find many carp flies. Could you tie flies like the Mays identity crisis, Headstand fly, Skulpin bugger, Carp n crunch. I can't find vids on them

Buffalo_Carps_Cats
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Please pray for blast and cast ministries . Have an event at San Juan river Nm this week end

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