Hoppicator

[Karel]

Anybody tried this? Seems like an excellent idea, since I always cringe when I see that monster trout going after my strike indicator instead my nymph...

Fly Fishing Life Magazine Volume 1, Number 1 - Bookshelf

Tigth Lines, -K

ps: going fishing on Sunday!!!! Yeah!

 

[klg neighbor]

Anybody tried this? Seems like an excellent idea, since I always cringe when I see that monster trout going after my strike indicator instead my nymph...

Fly Fishing Life Magazine Volume 1, Number 1 - Bookshelf

Tigth Lines, -K

ps: going fishing on Sunday!!!! Yeah!

Some days it always seems the best fly to be using should look like a strike indicator. I've used large dry before as a strike indicator occasionally had hits on the dry.

Thought this was a great picture from that article"

 

[Fly Guy]

I use a dry as an indicator too.

Jeremy

 

[bkill]

About half the time I use a big dry as an indicator. It depends on the water type and current hatches...Pocket water is great with stimulator as an indicator and the nymph of the week as your dropper...but matching the hatch can really be productive to figure out what stage of the hatch the fish are feeding on..ex..Hendrickson dry on top with an emerger 8 inches below on the dropper or a Hares ear 18in below..Can be deadly...

 

[Burtbords149]

Can someone please explain how when a fish bites the hopper, the fly doesn't just slide all the way down the leader? Is it supposed to do that, it seems like a great idea but I need some explanation.

 

[biot]

..ex..Hendrickson dry on top with an emerger 8 inches below on the dropper or a Hares ear 18in below..Can be deadly...

If I'm not mistaken the tandem of Dry- Emerger of the same fly (example Hendrickson Dry and H. Emerger) is called the Bi-Cycle.

 

[bkill]

If I'm not mistaken the tandem of Dry- Emerger of the same fly (example Hendrickson Dry and H. Emerger) is called the Bi-Cycle.

So if I use a dry on top with trailing emerger and nymph on the bottom, I assume it would be called a Tricycle

 

[Burtbords149]

So if I use a dry on top with trailing emerger and nymph on the bottom, I assume it would be called a Tricycle

throw a spinner on there and called it an ATV

 

[frogge]

Hey,
the reason an indicator doesn't slide down the leader is dependent on how it is attached. If you simply put a loop through the mono on the front of the hoppicator, then pass the fly through the loop and tighten the fly will be attached to the leader. It doesn't slide around because of the friction in the loop and mono. If the tippet end is tensioned the loop at the hoppicator is tightened and it doesn't slide. You are correct that if a fish hit the hoppicator attache in that fashion the fly could slide and indeed impair the hook set. I think this could be prevented by attaching it as you would a piece of yarn with a loop pulled inside a second loop. All of this is done to make the rig adjustalble. If a right angle system is needed or if adjustablility isn't an issue, there isn't a compelling reason not to simply tie the hoppicator on and put your nymph off the bend in the hook. I'm sure all that is clear as mud.

Anyone have a recipe for the hoppicator?. Toodles,Frogge.

 

[Fly Rod]

I had the same question about the hopper sliding around. The article isn't very clear about this.

I would think a loop-to-loop connection with the leader would let the hooper slide around while casting and when the fish hits. This is b/c the leader-side "loop" will want to straighten out and mono-to-mono is slippery (and wet too). With yarn indicators, the loop is generally something that is non-slippery, like a rubber washer or grommet, which prevents it from slipping.

I'll have to tie some of these and see if it works.

Go Giants,
Fly Rod