Information about Daddies & Hoppers flies
Hopper offers versatility - nymph emerger, dry fly, terrestrial, whichever way you want to fish it.
Many Daddy Longlegs or Crane Flies are on the water from June to early October.
This fly makes a decent mouthful and will often tempt when small traditional pattern are ignored.
Bibio Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2400
Hook Sizes: 10, 12
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
The Hopper will fish deep in the surface film, often hanging by surface tension right underneath it, and this is exactly where you want them.
Not many splashy takes with these flies, just nice confident slurps from Brown Trout.
Count to three before striking, and you are well and truly in!
Fishing the Hopper requires a leap of faith for most fly fishers!
Black Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2401
Hook Sizes: 10, 12
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
Fishing the Hopper requires a leap of faith for most fly fishers
The Hopper will fish deep in the surface film, often hanging by surface tension right underneath it, and this is exactly where you want them.
Not many splashy takes with these flies, just nice confident slurps from Brown Trout.
Count to three before striking, and you are well and truly in!
CDC Hopper Black
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2349
Hook Sizes: 10, 12
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
This dressing of a Hopper offers a wealth of versatility - it can be - a nymph emerger, dry fly or terrestrial; whichever way you want to fish it.
Claret Hackled Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2403
Hook Sizes: 12, 10
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
The Hopper will fish deep in the surface film, often hanging by surface tension right underneath it, and this is exactly where you want them.
Not many splashy takes with these flies, just nice confident slurps from Brown Trout.
Count to three before striking, and you are well and truly in!
Fishing the Hopper requires a leap of faith for most fly fishers
Daddy Longlegs
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2355
Hook Sizes: 10, 12
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
Many Daddy Longlegs or Crane Flies are on the water from June to early October.
This fly makes a decent mouthful and will often tempt when small traditional pattern are ignored.
Sits well on the water creating an interesting footprint.
Detached Daddy
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2353
Hook Sizes: 10, 12
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
Many Daddy Longlegs or Crane Flies are on the water from June to early October.
They make a decent mouthful and will often tempt when small traditional pattern are ignored.
Goldhead Daddy
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2354
Hook Sizes: 10, 12
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
How many Daddy longlegs will a trout see submerged?I do try to get as close to the natural as possible
So why is the Goldhead Daddy so successful- it is hard to explain; but successful it certainly is.
I have used this pattern with great success when I have watched fish feeding on nymphs in the gin clear chalk streams - they love a juicy morsel coming tumbling down their feed feeding channel.
GH Daddies are becoming standards in stillwater flyboxes.
Hare's Ear Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2402
Hook Sizes: 12, 10
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
Fishing the Hopper requires a leap of faith for most fly fishers
The Hopper will fish deep in the surface film, often hanging by surface tension right underneath it, and this is exactly where you want them. Not many splashy takes with these flies, just nice confident slurps from Brown Trout.
Count to three before striking, and you are well and truly in!
Medium Olive Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2405
Hook Sizes: 12, 10
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
The Hopper will fish deep in the surface film, often hanging by surface tension right underneath it, and this is exactly where you want them.
Not many splashy takes with these flies, just nice confident slurps from Brown Trout.
Count to three before striking, and you are well and truly in!
Fishing the Hopper requires a leap of faith for most fly fishers
CDC Hopper Claret
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2159
Hook Sizes: 10, 12
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
The CDC Hopper Claret is a variant of the original Hoppers of the 1980s', they are used throughout the season on most stillwater and often with very favourable outcomes
CDC Hopper Fiery Brown
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2350
Hook Sizes: 10, 12
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
This dressing of a Hopper it offers versatility - nymph emerger, dry fly, terrestrial, whichever way you want to fish it.
Orange Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2404
Hook Sizes: 10, 12
Note: You can alter a hooksize or fly after adding it to your basket.
The Hopper will fish deep in the surface film, often hanging by surface tension right underneath it, and this is exactly where you want them.
Not many splashy takes with these flies, just nice confident slurps from Brown Trout.
Count to three before striking, and you are well and truly in!
Fishing the Hopper requires a leap of faith for most fly fishers
Alan's Hawthorne
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2017
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
Cast it so it lands with a splash - get the trouts attention!
CDC Hopper Olive
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2352
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
This dressing of a Hopper it offers versatility - nymph emerger, dry fly, terrestrial, whichever way you want to fish it.
CDC Hopper Orange
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2351
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
This dressing of a Hopper it offers versatility - nymph emerger, dry fly, terrestrial, whichever way you want to fish it.
Claret Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1678
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
My Claret Hopper has been selected from the many articles in the Angling Press and through reports passed to me by my own customers.
Ideal for reservoir, lakes and small stillwaters.
Fishing the Hopper requires a leap of faith for most fly fishers
The Hopper will fish deep in the surface film, often hanging by surface tension right underneath it, and this is exactly where you want them.
Not many splashy takes with these flies, just nice confident slurps from Brown Trout.
Count to three before striking, and you are well and truly in!
Dad's Orange Daddy
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2158
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
Fishing stillwaters on summer evenings you often see daddies hovering and floating around the water.
Tie this one on it can often stir the trout into interesting action.
If after time the fly absorbs water and sinks - let it - fish it wet.
Detached Daddy Blue
Availablity:
Flybox Code:700
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
The detached style body is excellent for use with mayflies and Daddies.
This Daddy variant is a good all-rounder, as its colour lends itself well to an adult damsel imitation.
Elk Hair Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2166
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
The Elk Hair Hopper stays afloat bouncing through a busy stream to those opportunist hungry mouths.
Elwes Hairwing Red
Availablity:
Flybox Code:3053
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
Adean Red Wulff
Flash Butt Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1970
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
Flexi-Hopper Black
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1444
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
An improved attractive version of the 'Bristol Hopper'. Robustely made it offers versatility - nymph emerger, dry fly, terrestrial, whichever way you want to fish it.
Flexi-Hopper Hare's Ear
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1445
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
An improved attractive version of the 'Bristol Hopper'. Robustely made it offers versatility - nymph emerger, dry fly, terrestrial, whichever way you want to fish it.
Flexi-Hopper Olive
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1446
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
An improved attractive version of the 'Bristol Hopper'. Robustely made it offers versatility - nymph emerger, dry fly, terrestrial, whichever way you want to fish it.
Flexi-Hopper Red
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1447
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
An improved attractive version of the 'Bristol Hopper'. Robustely made it offers versatility - nymph emerger, dry fly, terrestrial, whichever way you want to fish it.
Foam Bodied Daddy
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2167
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
The Foam Bodied Daddy with its bouancy and interesting leg movements is practical on blustery days
Ginger Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1679
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
My Ginger Hopper has been selected from the many articles in the Angling Press and through reports passed to me by my own customers. Ideal for reservoir, lakes and small stillwaters
Heather Fly
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1582
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
I have developed the Heather Fly for the 'Jocks' of the Lake of Morterth.
The information I was given is that this is similar to our Hawthorn fly except that the trailing legs are red not black. Those that fish with the red legs variety catch - those that using other colours are not. Trevor
Hell's Half Hog Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1883
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
The Hell's Half Hog Hopper is a real eye opener for both Trout and fisherman. It sits temptingly in the surface film.
Mandy's Daddy Longlegs
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1481
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
A tried and proven variant of a Geoffrey Bucknall's Daddy Longlegs.
A tasty looking mouthful that is handy pattern to have when trying to tempt a big one
Muddled Daddy
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2126
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
Muddlered Daddy are mostly used for dusk or night fishing in the summer.
When fished make a wake wich can be seen by the fish against the light sky.
Palomino Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2004
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
A friend pulled the wings of Daddies to get this fly, so I dress them - Alan
Raffia Daddy Longlegs (Dry)
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1673
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
As with many Daddy Longlegs or Crane Flies are on the water from June to early October. The Raffia Daddy Longlegs make a decent mouthful and will often tempt when small traditional pattern are ignored,
Scott's Daddy
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1291
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
An unsinkable lifelike daddy, quick and easy to tie but very effective.
Silage Pit Hopper
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2411
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
A Hopper pattern created as a 'special' for stillwater competitions, and has proved very successfull for competition anglers and one the rest of us fly fishers enjoys the benifits of.
Special Detached Daddy Longlegs (Dry)
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1672
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
With Special Detached Daddy Longlegs Sid has tried to get as close to the natural as possible. Many Daddy Longlegs or Crane Flies are on the water from June to early October. They make a decent mouthful and will often tempt when small traditional pattern are ignored
Summer Yellow Daddy
Availablity:
Flybox Code:756
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
I first tied this fly for Grafton Water in the early 1990s where these small yellow daddies hatch and finish up on the water in good numbers during June and July. Naturally this dry fly works best at Grafton, but I have also had good success at Rutland Water. I took fourteen rainbows on it during the 1994 Benson & Hedges match. Do not confuse this pattern with the similar Yellow Hopper.
Walker's Crane Fly
Availablity:
Flybox Code:2204
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
The Walker's Crane Fly is a excellent example of Richard Walker gift as an innovative fisherman, adding such detail-- each of the legs have two knots in, tied so they trail temptingly behind
Weighted Daddy Longlegs Pheasant Tail
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1676
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
I try to get as close to the natural as possible but why the Weighted Daddy Longlegs Pheasant Tail is so successful is hard to explain but it is.
X-Legged GH Chartreuse
Availablity:
Flybox Code:1448
Trade Only
Note: We can manufacture any design to order, subject to a minimum order size of 12 doz with a typical 3 month lead time.
An improved attractive version of the 'Bristol Hopper'. Robustely made it offers versatility - nymph emerger, dry fly, terrestrial, whichever way you want to fish it.