Does the idea of using a Mop Fly offend you? Well, then perhaps you can get behind the way that Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions uses that mop material to create a cool-looking dry fly. Tim’s Mop Hopper (how could he resist calling it the Mopper?) looks complicated to tie, but it really isn’t. And the result is a high-floating, visible grasshopper imitation that should fool even finicky trout and bass.

In this great video, Tim walks you through the steps for creating the Mop Hopper, which involves a lot of superglue. There are plenty of cool tying tricks on display, as usual, and I especially love the way that Tim uses the doubled round-rubber of the rear legs to hold the single-strand front legs in place. Genius!

Source: Orvis.com – how to tie a mop hopper