09-16-2011, 09:29 PM
As another new guy, I'm curious to know, too. As an aside, I've been tying most of my own flies this summer, but haven't done anything for a hopper, they've all been whatever the local tackle shop was selling. I want to find some hopper patterns that aren't foam bodied. For whatever reason, I'd rather tie flies that weren't foam bodies. That said, the vast majority of hoppers I see for sale have foam bodies so there must be something to them.
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