The Clod Hopper - Matt Wilhelm
Matt Willhelm • 13m
Matt Wilhelm is an educator and guide in Livingston, MT. You can find out more about him at https://yellowstoneflyfishingschool.com/
This pattern was originated by Paul Stimson and can be good as a hopper pattern, a bigger golden stonefly pattern, as a salmon fly, and as a skwala. This tutorial has some nice tying tips as well.
Recipe:
Hook: sz 6-8
Thread: 3/0 or 6/0 thread depending on hook size brown
Wing: elk hair
Body: Tan foam
Hackle: Dyed brown grizzly
Under body: Orange dubbing
Legs: Medium rubber bands
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Thread: 6/0 Gray
Hook: Dai Riki #320 dry fly hook sz 12
Tail: Gray Z-lon
Body: Gray goose biot
Thorax: Gray dubbing
Hackle: Gray rooster saddle
Wing: Elk -
Matt Wilhelm: SOH Streamer
RECIPE:
Thread: 3/0 to match
Hook: Dai Riki #710 streamer hook
Tail: Olive marabou
Body: Verigated Chenille
Wing: Rabbit super strip
Legs: Black rubber bands
Hackle: Hen hackle
Eyes: Medium barbell eyes -
Matt Wilhelm: March Brown Emerger
RECIPE:
Thread: 6/0 brown
Hook: Dai Riki #125 emerger hook sz 12-14
Tail: Pheasant tail fibers
Body: Turkey tail fibers
Rib: Small copper or silver wire
Thorax: Tan dubbing
Hackle: Hungarian Partridge
