Foam Hopper Tutorial

By: "spinfly"
Jason Sanders
Parkersburg, WV

Here's a good summer trout or bass pattern:

Step 1

First cut two pieces of foam one yellow and one slightly wider green piece

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Step 2

Next fold the green piece around the yellow. Hold in your hand and start wrapping yellow thread around the foam to form a segment of the abdomen

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Step 3

Wrap a few more segments

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Step 4

 Next, tie onto hook.

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Step 5

Next, tie down the yellow "tag" foam to the hook

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Step 6

Cinch down the yellow foam

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Step 7

Fold down the green foam and tie in near the hook eye and tie in

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Step 9

Fold the foam sideways back toward the bend, punch a small hole for the eye to stick out.

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Step 9

Then tie down foam to form head

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Step 10

Trim a wing out of any desired wing material...this is Waspi wing material

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Step 11

Then tie down wing on body

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Step 12

Trim a piece of foam as shown

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Step 13

Then tie in over the wing for a "thorax"

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Step 14

Now for some legs

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Step 15

Trim some rubber leg material and tie to each side of the body beside the thorax

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Step 16

Next, for some rear legs... thread some rubber leg material thru a large needle

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Step 17

Pass thru the foam in the rear of the body

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Step 18

Another view...

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Step 19

Trim to desired length

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Step 20

Don't forget some eyes! (Magic Marker)

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Finished!!

Good pattern to strip and pop thru a slow trout pool or farm pond!

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