Deadly Hopper Dropper 3 Fly Rigging | Guide Tips

Professional Guide Alyssa Halls shows us how she sets up a Hopper Dropper rig while fishing with Mark Melnyk in rivers near Sheridan Wyoming. Alyssa puts together a great system of three flies, each a unique pattern below the hopper, explaining in detail why this setup works so well. Both she and Mark use this three fly hopper/dropper rig to great effect on rainbow trout!
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[@user-rm9un7oc4y]

Good hopper👌 Low ride, low profile, but easy to watch. Simply GREAT😃✌️ From Japan, with respects.

[@jeromedwojak918]

Beautiful fish, all I can say is well done!

[@jimholland1592]

Absolutely amazing thanks for sharing 👍

[@oddtoddodd]

Great stuff thanks for sharing.

[@jonlongmire]

Great fly tier too!!!

[@keng9064]

What a great guide

[@julehilken355]

Nice presentation Alyssa!

[@newflyfisher]

Thank you! 😃

[@jeffbrooks8288]

Hi Mark, When the full length video originally came out from your trip, I noticed the guide had her own fly tying business and I was interested in her patterns. I tried to locate her website but it had been shutdown with a note they were moving elsewhere. Do you know if her flies are still available? Thanks in advance and it’s very cool to see such a knowledgeable female fly fishing guide. I wish my own daughter had shown the same interest because she’s good at everything! That was a tremendous project you filmed. Please keep them coming! More segments on Stillwater would be welcome. Thank you!

[@newflyfisher]

Hi Jeff, Thanks for the kind words. As far as I know, Alyssa is still a commercial fly tier in Thermopolis, WY. She and her husband are back in the US now after being in Christmas Island for a year. Her company is Owl Creek Flies. Good Luck! Mark

[@taylorutah]

For setting this up for my kids to fish with... what length leader and tippet would you use to the hopper? Longer length leaders seem to be a problem with their level of casting ability.

[@newflyfisher]

try a straight piece of mono, six feet long to the hopper, then a dropper 18 inches below. hope it works

[@michaelday7305]

How did you tie on the droppers? Off the hook bend on the hopper and the crane fly nymph?

[@newflyfisher]

yes, that is what she did

[@rlwkirsch]

It look like she put the first dropper about 30" below the hopper, and the second about 18" below the first. Is that correct? How deep was the water?

[@newflyfisher]

Hi Rob - the water wasn't very deep as I recall and don't think the nymphs were hung that long.. I'll ask Alyssa and get back to you. Mark

[@kingdomcome5394]

I noticed you use 3x on the last bug. do i also use 3x above the bottom bug? What length do you recommend?

[@newflyfisher]

Hi Jacob, We actually used 4X on the bottom bug and 3 X from the hopper to the 2nd fly. Length depends on depth of water and how the fish are feeding. If they are eating emergers, you can go very short off the hopper conversely, you may need to go deeper if using a nymph like a perdigon. Mark

[@kingdomcome5394]

@@newflyfisher got it! thanks for reply

[@riverwalker2173]

I'm not a dry fly purist but 2 droppers seems overkill to me as it's hard enough to have one nymph steer the Hopper ( or medium to large foam fly) let alone another smaller anchor nymph. To many fly's fighting each other for drift control.

[@Ryan-yp7zb]

What fly rod weight were you guys using in this video?

[@newflyfisher]

ryan they were using five weight rods

[@parkcitypj1]

What kind of knot do you use when you tie the lower flies?

[@newflyfisher]

I simply use an improved clinch knot both for the eye and the bend of the hook. Thanks Paula Mark

[@wood2be]

Which fly did they hit most often?

[@newflyfisher]

The fish ate all 3 flies but as i recall, the cranefly larva was the champ. That is, before we switched to pseudo dry's . Thanks ReeseGG. Mark

[@kian3862]

Would you kindly let me know about the reel you used and the size of it please?

[@newflyfisher]

The reel that Alyssa is using is an Islander LX 3.2 and the reel that I am using is an Orvis Battenkill II Thanks Kian, have a great day... Mark

[@timothyhopkins5008]

What size of hopper would you use with a #10 BH nymph?

[@newflyfisher]

timothy, that is a big and heavy nymph....so your going to need a big foam hopper that is buoyant. Probably a size 4-6 I would say

[@timothyhopkins5008]

@@newflyfisher what would be a good set up for a size 8 foam hopper or a size 10?

[@raybede]

Have you ever tried the Tups indispensible dry fly. A proper dry fly from here in the UK. Now thats real dry fly fishing!!! I'm not really as smug as this sounds!

[@Charsept]

What accent is that? I'm guessing Wyoming from the location. You can tell just from watching her mouth that her words are all at the front of her palate, or whatever it's called. Either way, I've definitely never heard one quite like that. Anyway, I've yet to try even a double dropper! I do have a big chernobyl ant somewhere, so I guess I'll have to try this out :)

[@tyrellosterud7788]

You here that in Idaho and especially Utah hahaha

[@rskalisky]

Tips like water depth, tippet size, length between flies, knots used and so on would be helpful. Just seems liked overproduced fluff.

[@newflyfisher]

Great suggestion!

[@ckbhack]

I was unable to detect many "tips" in this video. It was pretty lacking in actual information.

[@miramurnrozanc7540]

fly fishing is one fly and hook without a hitch,everything els is fishing with float.