Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The Juanna Be

As a follow up to the Royal Gorgeous, here is the Juanna Be Hopper Juan.  The little brother of the HJ, it's designed for the smaller streams and smaller fish that live in them.  It still has a good amount of foam and float-ability so it can hang with the big boys, or maybe I should say that it can hold up some big boys!  Throw on a Royal Gorgeous and fish some of the smaller pockets and seams and see what happens.  You might be surprised!


Tying the Juanna Be Hopper Juan from Juan Ramirez on Vimeo.
This is the little brother to the full grown Hopper Juan.  It is designed for early and later in summer when fish have seen all the big hoppers that all the companies tie and sell.  It pretty easy to tie, give it a try.
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13 comments:

  1. Feather ChuckerApril 20, 2011 at 8:49 AM

    Thank you for this, I'll have to tie some of these.

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  2. UnknownApril 20, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Juan- Good looking bug. Any chance you have some photos of the TU donation box on hand?

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  3. Dustin's Fly BoxApril 20, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    very nice! I love tying smaller hoppers

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  4. Midge ManApril 20, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    Great looking little varition on your hopper and you gotta love the name. As dry as it's been so far down here in the low country I'm betting your hoppers are going to see a lot of work come summer!

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  5. J and M FliesApril 20, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. I cant wait to tie this guy.

    Jeff
    www.gotflyfishing.blogspot.com

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  6. SandersApril 20, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Awesome variation! Looking forward to tying a new hopper...thanks!

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  7. .April 20, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Nice variation again Juan~

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  8. AnonymousApril 22, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    Juan, tie this in all black as a beetle; works great.

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  9. Mike SApril 23, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    Thanks Juan! I've been looking for a new hopper pattern to tie!

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  10. AnonymousApril 24, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    Nice! Do you still use the medium cutter when tying on the #14 or do you drop down to the small cutter?

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  11. Hopper JuanApril 24, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    The # 14 will have to be on the small cutter. There isn't too much room on that hook!

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  12. Nickolas WrightApril 25, 2011 at 7:15 AM

    love it buddy
    We would like to send you some bits to play with.
    Please send me your address

    deercreekflies@gmail.com

    Nick Wright

    Owner of Deer Creek

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  13. Ulf HagströmMay 2, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    Juan, just the perfect fly to get my inspiration going to start tying for this summers fishing. Great patter, thanks for sharing!

    All the best
    Ulf

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