Matt Gutzmann is on the vise tying a parachute hopper. Hopper fishing heats up in the late summer and fall when there are a lot of these guys being blown into the water by the warm winds. Fish key in on these big terrestrials due to the abundance of calories in one big hopper. Try fishing this highly visible parachute hopper anytime you see them in the grasses near rivers. Recipe Dai-Riki #65 Size 8 Tan Ultra Thread 140 Golden Tan Antron Grizzly Hackle White Widow's Web Knotted Hopper Legs

Recipe Dry Fly hook Size 16-18 Size 70 ultra thread MFC Tan wonder Wrap SLF Dubbing golden tan Partridge Natrual CDC Elk Hair Darker Brown Dubbing

Tom Anderson from North 40 Ponderay's archery department is behind the vise this week tying his green drake pattern. His variation incorporates a detached body and a parachute post and is one of his favorite dry fly patterns. Recipe Size 12 dry fly hook White Widows Web Grizzly Hackle 15 lb. Monofilament Fly-Rite Olive Dubbing

Neale Streeks joins the Missouri River Flyfishers as our guest tyer in March. He puts together a tried and tested variation of a parachute caddis. Recipe Hook: Size 14 Dry Fly Thread: 12/0 Olive Body: Yellow Dubbing Egg Sack: Chartreuse Dubbing Wings: Tan Hackle Over Wing: Brown Rooster Parachute: Shell Pink

Fly tying the Rockchuck Hopper with North 40 Fly shop guest tyer Keaner Boyce.There is nothing more addictive in fly fishing than watching a large trout chase down and crush a dry fly. Hoppers are large clumsy terrestrials that fall frequently into the water and often produce ferocious strikes from sizable trout into the late summer months. The Rockchuck Hopper is a very simple and durable pattern with the profile of a hopper in the water that just works. Recipe Size 8 Streamer Hook 6/0 Tan Unithread Pale Yellow Antron Dubbing Brown Hackle - 14 or smaller Rockchuck Hair  

This purple haze variant is an attractor dry fly pattern designed to imitate a variety of mayflies. By adding holo tinsel peacock hurl, krystal flash and UV ice dub to this fly, these materials enhance the already highly UV purple colors and makes this fly even more deadly on your favorite stream or tailwater. Recipe Hook: #14 Thread: UTC 140 purple Tail: Purple saddle hackle, UV Purple krystal flash Rib: Purple peacock hurl Body: Purple holo tinsel Thorax: UV black ice dub Wing: Ginger dry fly hackle Parachute: White widows web

Dustin Bise in Ponderay ties a Parachute Adams. This fly is perhaps the most versatile of all dry flies. They are a must have in a variety of sizes and colors. They fish well in all types of rivers, streams, and lakes and can be used as a mayfly or a searching attractor. Recipe Hook: Dai-Riki 305 Size 14 Thorax: Natures Spirit Fine Natural Dubbing - Muskrat Gray Post: Grizzly Saddle Hackle Rib: Purple Holographic Flash Parachute: White McFlylon Gray Thread

Fish this midge emerger pattern as a dropper from a dry fly like a Griffith's Gnat. It can also be used within a double nymph rig or suspended just below a palsa indicator. This little fly makes for fun, technical fishing for selective trout in skinny water. Recipe Dai-Riki 135 Size 20 midge diamond braid bonefish tan 14/0 Sheer dark brown thread extra small sliver brush wire CDC - white or tan

Fish the Green Drake pattern during cloudier days on quieter, slower moving runs of water. When cloudier conditions are present, the newly hatched Green Drake dun sits for longer period of time while riding the surface, letting its wings completely dry out before taking its maiden flight. It's also best to know when the emergence from nymphal to dun stage has taken place and fish this pattern a few days later. Keep an eye on the rise form of the trout, a bulge and a dorsal fin means it may still be taking nymphs underneath the surface. A suck or sip means he is keyed in on the duns. A tricky hatch to master, but the Green Drake dun fly pattern will surely increase your success during the height of the hatch. Recipe Tiemco Size 12 Dry Thread: UTC Olive 140 Olive Deer Body Hair White Calf Tail Hackle - grizzly,brown, black or olive 20lb T...