The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Hopper
Easy - 3-5 Min
Coldwater, Warmwater
The Fat Albert is a really great hopper pattern. This fly is tried and true grasshopper pattern that is sure to bring fish to the surface. Using the Fat Albert, anglers can expect to bring the top 10% of feeding fish out to play. The rubber-legs on this fly add to its movement and really excite trout. Most hopper patterns aren’t this leggy, but trout like buggy-looking legs. Ambush brown trout are sure to blast this terrestrial pattern like crazy, while the Fat Albert can also be used as an indicator for a beadhead nymph. This is a desirable combination for the Fat Albert because of its foam-based qualities that allow this fly to float really, really well regardless of what fly you drop behind it. Being a bigger size of fly also allows the angler to spot it’s location more easily.
Anglers fishing the Fat Albert will probably want to pair this fly with a nymph dropper. Anglers should expect only the top 10% of feeding fish to eat the Fat Albert, so most fish will likely come on the dropper nymph. The extra takes on the Fat Albert are very exciting, but to really put numbers of fish in the net, try a Beadhead Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail beneath your Fat Albert for great success. While the foam in this fly allows it to float well, adding liquid floatant onto this guy before you hit the water will allow for more fishable cast.
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Region: West, Northwest, East, Southeast, Midwest
Hopper Sizes: #6 - #16
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