Claret Hopper Soft Hackle
The Claret Hopper Soft Hackle is a traditional English hopper fly and is a must-have lake dry fly when fishing mayfly and midge waters. Its buggy profile and footprint on the surface draw fish to it in all conditions. The fly is more representative than imitative and catches fish all year round.
$4.40 each
Dry
LakeSpecies
brown trout
rainbow troutWater Types
StillwaterFly Uses
More fly information...
The Claret Hopper is best fished in a team of dry flies static or slowly retrieved across the surface. It can be fished blind or when targeting rising fish. The fly is tied on a barbless hook for superior penetration on hook sets.
Locations to use this fly...
Related FlyLife Articles
Rocky Valley
In Victoria’s alpine areas, as the snow starts to melt and the ski season draws to a close, people vacate the mountains. Ski lifts swing and creak in the breeze and just as the mountain feels like it…
High on Hoppers
If you are a fly angler in Victoria, then the odds are that you will have fished or know of the Goulburn River. It is arguably the most popular trout river in Victoria and is certainly one of the…