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Morrish Hopper
How do you tie a Morrish Hopper?
Morrish Hopper is a terrestrial fly pattern for trout, bass. Find its 8 materials and 22 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout, bass
- Pattern designer
- Ken Morrish
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At the vise
Materials
- TMC 5262 #10
- Thread (70 Denier), Tan
- 2mm Foam, Tan (body)
- 2mm Foam, Yellow (underbody)
- 2mm Foam, Black (head/indicator)
- Hareline Medium Round Rubber, Dark Golden Stone
- UV Resin
- Copic Marker, Black
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Tying instructions
Prepare the foam body by gluing two pieces of tan foam and one piece of yellow foam together using spray adhesive.
Cut the foam body to shape using a River Road Creations Morrish Hopper Foam Body Cutter.
Trim the foam body with scissors to taper the abdomen and shape the head.
Cut the indicator from orange foam using a River Road Creations Morrish Hopper Indicator Cutter.
Cut the rear legs from white foam using a River Road Hopper Leg Cutter.
Tie the hook into the vise.
Start the thread behind the hook eye and wrap back to the hook bend to create a base for the body.
Apply Zap-A-Gap to the thread base.
Split the foam body along the yellow foam with a razor blade.
Place the foam body on top of the hook shank, with the hook point in the slit.
Make a few thread wraps to secure the foam body in place, forming the first body segment.
Tie in the rear legs on either side of the body, positioning the knot at the tie-in point.
Apply Zap-A-Gap to the tie-in point of the rear legs to secure them.
Push the rear legs up against the body and allow the glue to set.
Tie in the orange foam indicator on top of the body, just behind the head.
Run the thread back up across the top of the fly, hiding the thread under the indicator.
Tie an overhand knot in the rubber legs and apply Zap-A-Gap to the knot.
Tie in the rubber legs on either side of the head.
Apply Zap-A-Gap to the tie-in point of the rubber legs to secure them.
Paint the eyes on the head of the fly using a black Copic marker.
Whip finish the fly and cut the thread.
Cut the legs to the desired length.