terrestrial
Parachute Hopper
A foam-bodied grasshopper with a parachute post that provides visibility in choppy water and doubles as a hopper-dropper indicator. The parachute post makes it easy to track on the water while maintaining a realistic hopper profile from the trout's perspective below.
Sizes#8BodyTan
Recipe
- HookDry fly hook (TMC 5212)
- ThreadTan tying thread 8/0 or 70 denier · Veevus
- BodyTan dubbing · Hareline
- WingElk hair
- LegsKnotted pheasant tail fibers
- WingWhite poly yarn post
- HackleGrizzly parachute dry-fly hackle
Fishing tips
The parachute post makes this the ideal hopper-dropper pattern. Drop a nymph 18-24 inches below and fish along grassy banks in late summer.