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 ...

Foam-bodied hoppers are working. Fish a peacock bugger fly or a brown woolly bugger with droppers behind those. Use a Copper John as a dropper. Irresistible Wulffs are working, as are dry royal trudes ...

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 ...