W4F – Fly Fishing “Hopper Dropper” Late Summer Terrestrials

Ken Tanaka of Wish4Fish is back on the water. Late Summer fly fishing is all about terrestrials. Time to get out the ants, beetles and HOPPERS.

One of the best ways to utilize both water columns is the dry dropper or the hopper dropper. This way you take advantage of rising fish as well as fish feeding subsurface.

Here I will be using the W4F Hip Hopper designed by Wish4Fish and Blue Ridge Custom Flies as well as the Mutt Bug designed by Wish4Fish and Fletcher’s Flies.

My set up is the Winston Biiix 9′ 3wt and Ross Colorado LT reel. I am also using the Rio Gold line and a Rio Powerflex Plus 7.5ft leader in 3x with Rio 4x Fluorocarbon tippet.

• The floatant I was using is Fly Agra. www.Wish4Fish.com
• Ross Colorado LT – http://amzn.to/2kAtZwO
• W4F Hip Hopper can be purchased at Mutt Bug can be purchased at https://www.etsy.com/listing/242384013/mutt-bug-6-flies?ref=shop_home_active_2