Hopper patterns?

[Hove]

Just wondering how many of you knock up a few [glow=green,2,300]grasshopper[/glow] patterns for the summer months flyfishing in uk?

Our friends accross the ocean seem to like one or two hopper patterns in the box and im sure there are days on the Us waters where perhaps there are select rises to the grasshopper or the fish actually expect to see a few on the water.
Ive not witnessed trout taking a natural so far but am pretty sure they know to expect them to be about at some time or another.

Any one have a pattern to reccomend that they have used on a uk stream/river.

Im sure I could perhaps mannage to fool a couple fish with a good immitation

You still there Goose?

Cheers
Hove

[JME]

Hove,

Fished hoppers on the Logan and Green Rivers in Utah and the fish went crazy for them. Fishing in the US, really opened my eyes to these flies.

Hopper that worked best for me had a dubbed green body. Some deer hair tied in for a wing, with knotted pheasant tail fibered either side for legs. Then the hackle was ties to a white hair or fibre post; parachute style. The hackle being grizzly.

Fished on the top fishes would rise in fast or deep water to take these. Sizes 8-14.

[Flytier]

Hove,

While hoppers can be fished successfully on European waters, I have found the hoppers I have come across in North America to _fly_ much more often. With the breeze present they seemed to end up in the water, and the trout's stomach, much more often than their European counterparts. This may account for the plentitude of North American hopper patterns, versus the much leaner European offerings?

Cheers,
Hans W

[Eddie]

I have never come accross a grasshopper pattern. Sounds interesting. I have used grasshopper mini lures in the past and had success with chub. Is there a website that has pictures of these grasshopper flies?

[Flytier]

Eddie,

Try my page (see .sig), and use the site's search feature. Enter "hopper" as the search word and you should get a stack of hits.

Cheers,
Hans W

[Eddie]

Cheers Flytier!

[Chris]

In New Zealand, cicada (or grasshopper) patterns are used by almost every fisherman in the summer months. They are a great fly when the hoppers are out and can bring fish up from great depths.
Patterns with olive deer hair bodies and a brown hackle work well. They also float well and it is possible to hang a nymph from under them.
The motto in New Zealand for cicadas is the bigger the better. I think it was cicadas they were talking about anyway

Chris

[Hove]

Cheers for the feedback all.

From sifting through a few sites I have quite a few patterns to choose from.
Ill knock a couple up this week and see how I fare.

Cheers
Hove

[shuck raider]

I've been dapping the Western Irish Loughs with artificial hopper patterns for years and find that US versions work much better than direct imitations of the indigenous insect - bushier the better!