Warm windy afternoons with the clicking sounds of Grasshoppers flying through the summer breeze will get any fly anglers heart racing. But what hopper pattern should you choose? That’s always the delema when I hit up a river. What size do I use? What color? Foam or not to foam? Those are the real questions. In this blog I will go through my favorite Grasshopper patterns and when/why I fish them.
You can say we have gone a little more fly crazy than normal this year. As an example, with our last order we added over 20 new patterns in a ton of different color. That makes for over 70 new patterns. Most of the new additions have been in the Competition/Perdigon Flies and Trophy Streamers. We also added new Streamer and Musky Flies as well. Here’s a few of our favorite new patterns.
May presents some of the best fly fishing opportunities of the year. No matter where you live in the United States, there is something significant happening in the world of fly fishing.
Carp fly fishing has been slow growing in popularity for the last two decades but just in the last few years, carp fishing has exploded. You can sight fish for 1 to 30-pound fish in water just a few miles away from your house. What’s not to love about fly fishing for carp. Well, they can drive you nuts with how spooky they are or how picky they can be with what they eat. Hopefully my Top 10 Carp Flies will help you out on one of these fronts……
