X Foam Hopper

X Foam Hopper

The X Foam Hopper is a fully loaded grasshopper pattern built for late summer dry fly fishing when hoppers are blowing into rivers and trout are lined up along the banks waiting for them. Foam body, deer hair, rubber legs, and flash combine to create a realistic, high-floating profile that lands with a satisfying splat — exactly the kind of presentation that triggers explosive surface strikes from big trout. This fly has everything a hopper pattern needs to produce in the heat of summer.

Pattern Details

• Style: Foam grasshopper / terrestrial dry fly
• Body: Foam — buoyant, durable, and lands with a natural splat on the surface
• Wing: Deer hair for a realistic profile and added floatation
• Legs: Rubber legs add lifelike movement and leg detail that trout key in on
• Flash: Subtle flash imitates the natural sheen of a hopper's wings
• Best water: Rivers and lakes with grassy or brushy banks — especially effective in late summer and early fall
• Techniques: Dead-drift along banks, skated across the surface, or twitched to imitate a struggling hopper
• Sizes available: 10, 12

A go-to hopper pattern for late summer — foam, legs, flash, and deer hair in one fly that covers everything a trout is looking for on the surface.