The Red Tag Soft Hackle Bass Fly, created by Paul Fedeles, is a clever adaptation inspired by Rick Passek’s (the FlyFish Fanatic) Red Butt Carey Special. Fedeles openly admits to borrowing heavily from Passek’s design, jokingly referring to his version as a “plagiarised” fly. Read More »
This is a combination hopper, Chernobyl ant and cicada in black and orange foam. I tied it in the morning for the first time. Toss it, flop it down, let is set and water movement is enough.
Materials
- Thread – Orange 6/0 thread for the body and red nylon stretch overlocking thread for the head.
An easy hopper pattern that will help you to learn and practice techniques for tying hoppers.
Tying instructions can be found in the May issue of the HFF Flycast.
Materials
- Thread – Wooly nylon (Nylon stretch over locking thread)
- Hook – Any Hopper hook (This one is a size 10)
- Body – 2 mm craft foam cut into hopper like shape.