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Fly Tying Corner: Hippy Stomper
Hippy Stomper Materials List
Hook: Firehole 718, Size 8-16
Thread: 140 Denier Ultra, Black
Tail: Natural Moose Body Hair
Abdomen Flash: UTC Holo Tinsel, Large Red
Foam: 2mm Black Craft Foam
Legs: Hareline Crazy Legs, Black/Red Flake
Wing: Enrico Puglisi EP Fibers, Polar Bear or White
Hackle:Whiting Dry Fly Saddle, Grizzly Dyed Red
Tying instructions and steps are being published in video
form, and can be found on the Sunriver Anglers Facebook
page at https://www.facebook.com/SunriverAnglers/,
or at the following YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/
TGdU2gWFCb4
Learn to tie this fly pattern and fish it to match some of
our terrestrials here in Central Oregon waters. If you have
questions or would like additional information about the
Hippie Stomper pattern, please don’t hesitate to email me.
Or if you have suggestions on future patterns to feature in
this column, I welcome your input. I can be reached at
Philfischer@sbcglobal.net.
For this month’s fly, I turned
to Andrew Grillos’ for inspiration and tied his best-known
pattern, the Hippie Stomper.
Andrew is known for tying innovative foam fly patterns and
for assigning colorful names
to them. The Hippie Stomper
is a great example of this trait.
This fly was originally tied for
fishing the Gunnison River in
Colorado but has been fished
throughout the world since it
was first tied. Its name conjures up a time gone by when
hippies and other long-haired
freaky people were not always
a welcome addition in some
rural trout waters. However,
I think that nowadays, many
former hippies have become fly
fishing addicts! Irrespective of
the name, the fly is an excellent
imitation for ants, beetles and
hoppers that are so common
and important in the summer
and fall on Central Oregon
lakes and streams.
The design follows some
attributes of a Humpy pattern, but it has been adapted
to be more durable with its
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foam abdomen. EP Fibers in
the wing make it more visible,
and the addition of legs makes
it “buggy-looking”. Also, the
hackle is clipped short on the
underside of this fly to allow
it to ride low on the water’s
surface. But, like a Humpy,
this fly really floats well and can
handle heavy fast water and is
often used as the dry fly in a
dry/dropper application. It can
be tied in a variety of colors to
match black beetles, or red ants,
or even in pale yellow or tan to
imitate grasshoppers. Or you
can tie it in unnatural colors,
like purple and blue, or whatever color you can conjure up.
I tied the fly as the subject of
this column with red and black
to imitate to match the colors
of some of our terrestrials in
Central Oregon. Although the
original pattern uses two layers
of foam, I tied this version with
only one layer due to using a
small hook size.
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Sunriver Anglers celebrate
summer with annual picnic
The members of the Sunriver
Anglers are enjoying an extremely fishy summer. Club
members recently enjoyed a
multiday outing at East Lake.
Twenty anglers and friends
enjoyed a hamburger lunch
with all the fixings while comparing notes on the morning
bite. Thanks to Stevie and
Steve for suggesting the outing and to Karen for letting
us use her campsite for cooking and serving. Her desserts
were wonderful.
Fishing by boat, from the
shore, in personal float tubes
and pontoon boats were all successful using ants, beetles and
callibaetis imitations to catch
browns, rainbows, kokanee and
even a few chubs.
Make plans to attend the
Sunriver Anglers Annual Picnic
on Aug. 5 at the Fall River Fish
Hatchery. Menu items include
tri-tip, the Angler's “secret”
beans, ice cream, salad, watermelon and more. Members can
register themselves and friends
at sunriveranglers.org to attend
the picnic.
Club members will travel
to Diamond Lake for their
September fishing trip to fish
for the elusive tiger trout.
Stay tuned for additional
information.
