Knobby Hopper Variant  by Kevin Handasyde

HOOK SIZE #10 Kamasan B830 long lure 

THREAD (BODY)   6/0 Tan Uni Thread

TAIL  Golden Pheasant Tippets

BODY  Yellow Floss 

UNDERWING  Pheasant Feather Church Window

WING  Natural Grey Squirrel

LEGS  Red Uni-Flexx

HEAD Natural Deer Hair

METHOD

Base hook shank with thread, winding from eye back to between point and barb.

Tie in tail and start floss, wind thread forward half way up shank, wind floss half way up shank and tie off.

Tie in small pinch of squirrel tail, then one green pheasant feather over the squirrel.

Put single knot in uni-flexx to form leg, tie in one leg on each side of body with the knots in line with bend in hook.

Tie on deer hair and trim to form a ball shaped head, trim underside flat and cut underside rearward facing deer hair to uncover floss under belly.

Fish this fly the same was as has been described for the Miss Knobby X.

Good luck and Happy Fishing

Kevin Handasyde