'Garden Variety' Knobby Hopper  by Antony Boliancu

HOOK SIZE #10 Tiemco 5263 

THREAD (BODY)  Brown/Black 6/0 Uni Thread

BODY Yellow Chenille

LEGS Orange Pheasant Tippets

HEAD Natural Deer Hair Spun and trimmed to shape

METHOD

Leaving a third of the hook shank clear behind the eye, tie in your thread and wind back towards the rear of the hook. Stop level with the hook barb.

Tie in the chenille and wind the thread forward to where you first started. Then wind the chenille to this same point and tie off and trim excess.

Take your pheasant tippets and tie one bunch on each side of the hook. This should be angled out from the body and roughly level in length with the end of the hook. Trim excess.

Take some deer hair and stack it in a stacker or your fingers. Tie this in without spinning it so that you get a nice collar. Then add several more sections of deer hair, one at a time, compacting the previously added bunch before putting more on.

Tie off, add two half hitches rather than whip finish. Then just trim to shape.

This is a very simple pattern. It floats extremely well and is exceptionally durable. The yellow under body and orange pheasant tippets are a must as are a 'bluntish' head just like the natural beast. 

All you have to do now is throw it at a fish!