The Hopper Blog

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Best step by step for tying foam hoppers out there.....PERIOD!

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Austin Trayser

I met this guy a few years back in Missoula.  My good buddy, Hunter, worked with him on the RA Beattie film Off the the Grid.  He is now working with Montana Fly Fishing Magazine  and making his own short films which I must say are bad ass.  Check out his stuff on vimeo at https://vimeo.com/traysermedia.  Happy to call this guy a friend.

I particularly like  Solo Mission


 
Solo Mission from Austin Trayser on Vimeo.

And Blackfoot Fall


Blackfoot Fall from Austin Trayser on Vimeo.

Damn it's cold out

So I've been tying a lot.  Stocking up on some standards and coming up with some new stuff.

  I've decided to challenge myself and in the next year or two to only fish flies of my own design.  In hoping this will give the creative juices a little extra incentive.  To start off with I have always thought the good ol copper john was never buggy enough; plus I hate biots and peacock herl due to their brittleness.  So now it is all synthetic with something extra in the body.  

Going to fish it side by side with the regular CJ this season and see if there is a difference. 

To break up the monotony of tiny bugs I had to whip up a little musky fly.  Pink over white.

BTW I am working on making a little sales page for my flies.  If you are interested in purchasing a few to help with the funding of said web page please feel free to ask.

Recent happenings!

So here's a little recaps of my life recently....

First and foremost I'm going to be a father!  Yep knocked up the wife.  Due date is early august.

Hopefully before this kid pops out the wife and I plus the inlaws will head east for a long weekend where I hope to get a little time in salt water.

And you gotta love handy friends that accept flies as payment.  My buddy Dave  from Urban Assault Fly Fishing made me a hat and two visor clips for some fly storage.

Also if you wanted to learn to tie flies we are still holding free fly tying 101 classes in my Orvis store in downtown Chicago.

Blogger APP

Just found an app for blogger so now being able to have this on the go hopefully I'll be able to post more frequently!  Brought to you from my IPhone