Last week, I wrote about my four favorite hopper-style flies that work wonders on our local rivers and creeks. This week is all about the flies we place below the hopper, the dropper fly. Most dropper ...

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 ...

Fly patterns that imitate grasshoppers sure have changed. When you're dads and grandfathers fly fished, there was mostly just one pattern - a Joe's hopper - that everyone used. It was tied with yellow ...