cut a piece of foam 11/2"x 1/4" and tie in 3 knots

on a 10# long shank tie in some wire and run up a body of chenille

put a smear of super glue alone the top of chenille an whip on foam with wire and tie in some pt legs.

tie in raffia wing split.

dub on crystalflash


tie in some deer hair and pull back over spare foam at eye end

At this point you can use perm markers to colour and decorate.

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Grasshopper
Young Caine: You cannot see.
Master Po: You think I cannot see?
Young Caine: Of all things, to live in darkness must be worst.
Master Po: Fear is the only darkness.

Master Po: Ha, ha, never assume because a man has no eyes he cannot see. Close your eyes. What do you hear?
Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds.
Master Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat?
Young Caine: No.
Master Po: Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet?
Young Caine: [looking down and seeing the insect] Old man, how is it that you hear these things?
Master Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?

Cheers for that M.M.
A more simple than the grasshoppers I have already tied.

Was in a pet shop the other day and they sell live crickets for lizard food. Was thinking they would make a great dapping bait

Nice tie by the way.

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Used both live grasshoppers and crickets in the USA especially in high summer-the trout loved them. Slide on a size 10 hook and just let them drift naturally and kick their legs a bit. If that doesn,t get them up nothing will-but only when the fields next to the water have them.

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Great grasshopper!
Is there reason to extended body is yellow?
I use green or gray / brown.
Cheers

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I don,t think colours matter much-have tied them with red, hot orange, fluorescent green and even pink and the fish don,t seem to mind.

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Nice one MM Will keep this link handy for next spring/summer.

This was just a piece of foam I had at hand, but I use permi markers to colour these flies, brown d/green

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Nice fly Mike!

They will work nicely for Chub,in late summer