Euro Hopper

TYING INSTRUCTIONS < click here

Target fish: trout / grayling / chub

DRESSING:

Hook: 10 - 12 grub
Mounting thread: black
Body: Foam cylinder
Thorax: Natural red and grizzly hackles
Leg: Pheasant tail fibers
Antennae (optional): Two boar hair

Notes: Grasshoppers are of course no water insects, but from summer to fall they are abundant in the fields nearby streams and lakes and they often land into the water. They are extremely lively insect and never miss to awake the hunting instinct of fishes.