The Dave s Hopper was the brainchild of Dave Whitlock, one of the more creative and innovative tyers around. In an attempt to more closely match the natural, Dave pioneered the use of hackle stem legs ...

The patter of soft conversation drifted around the table. Scissors snipped. Thread was wrapped. Deer hair was cut and stacked. It was another subzero night in Duluth, but beneath the poster-sized ...

Prime hopper season runs from late summer into early fall. When warm water and low flows slow the regular aquatic insect hatches, trout start looking elsewhere for calories. The good news is that ...