Tie on a ‘hopper

To land a big trout, a grasshopper pattern can be the right choice

By Gary Lewis / The Bulletin
July 16, 2009

I like the interaction among the orders of life forms that go into fly-fishing. I throw a grasshopper onto the water. A trout smacks it. Two out of three of us are happy.

From late July to the end of October, be on the lookout for hoppers. They cling to the long grass, they leap and fly. The....

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