Anyone immersed in the sport of fly fishing, especially for trout, have heard of the popular presentation technique called the hopper-dropper. Not only does the catchy name roll off your tongue with a ...

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...

If you come into the fly shop and ask what is working, you will be likely to leave the shop with at least one “hopper” fly. The caddisflies are still flying around, but the trout are not as committed ...

Hoppers and droppers are working with a Mystery Meat Hopper, a new, foam-bodied pattern, producing well. Prince nymphs and rubber-legged hare's ears are good dropper choices. n Callan Wink, Dan Bailey ...

Montana Absaroka-Beartooth Mountains — As usual, hoppers are working. If bored with hoppers, try a dark salmonfly nymph pattern. Copper Johns and pheasant tails are working. The fire conditions are ...

My fly-fishing pals finally let on that the grasshopper fishing had been incredible for the past month. I’d been fishing high lakes and streams in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area for most of the ...

One of these caught fish, while the others didn't / Photo by Ken Baldwin Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect ...