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Revision as of 19:33, 10 January 2015
| Dave's Hopper | |
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| Artificial fly | |
 Dave's Hopper | |
| Type | Dry fly |
| Imitates | Grasshoppers, crickets |
| History | |
| Creator | Dave Whitlock |
| Variations | Dave's cricket (tied in black) |
| Materials | |
| Typical sizes | 6-14, 2X-3X long |
| Typical hooks | TMC 200R, DaiRiki 700 |
| Thread | 6/0 nylon brown |
| Tail | Red deer hair |
| Body | Yellow wool or synthetic yarn |
| Wing | Mottled turkey wing or tail |
| Ribbing | Brown hackle |
| Legs | Yellow grizzly hackle stems, knotted |
| Collar | Deer hair tips |
| Head | Spun and clipped deer hair |
| Uses | |
| Primary use | Trout, Panfish |
| Reference(s) | |
| Pattern references | Trout Flies-The Tier's Reference (1999) Hughes[1] |
- ^ Hughes, Dave (1999). Trout Flies-The Tier's Reference. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. pp. 447–450. ISBN 978-0-8117-1601-7.