Parachute dry
Small Brown Hopper
Downsized late-season terrestrial
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Small brown hopper for the lesser terrestrials of late summer, including the NZ passion-vine hopper.
Fish this when
In late summer on grassy-banked rivers, particularly in New Zealand, once fish have seen enough big hoppers to grow wary of them and start picking off the smaller terrestrials and passion-vine hoppers still falling in.
Why it works
Its slimmer size 12-16 profile matches what's actually landing late in the season — smaller hoppers and passion-vine hoppers — rather than the bulkier size 6-10 silhouette of a standard hopper pattern.
Naturals it imitates
small terrestrial hopper / passion-vine hopper
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate