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Backcountry Halo Hopper Fly Tying Kit

Backcountry Halo Hopper Fly Tying Kit

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$21.76 - $21.76
$21.76
$21.76 - $21.76
$21.76

Bring explosive summer eats to the surface with the Backcountry Halo Hopper Fly Tying Kit. This convenient kit brings the pattern’s fly tying materials together in one place, allowing you to choose your hook size and get what you need with just a few simple clicks.

The Backcountry Halo Hopper combines Robert Williamson’s innovative twisted-foam body technique with a Moonlit Halo Hair wing, buoyant bullet-style foam head and overwing, buggy beaver dubbing, and lively knotted silicone legs.

The result is a high-floating foam hopper with the profile and buoyancy to fish alone or suspend a dropper beneath it. It may look detailed in the vise, but this hopper is surprisingly simple to tie.

A Simple Foam Hopper With a Distinctive Profile

Hopper patterns can sometimes feel intimidating. Multiple layers of foam, complicated cutting, carefully positioned legs, and bulky bodies may cause newer tiers to avoid tying them altogether.

The Backcountry Halo Hopper simplifies the process.

Its extended abdomen is created by twisting together four narrow strips of foam. This approachable technique creates segmentation, depth, color variation, and exceptional flotation without requiring complicated shaping.

The completed body gives the fly a substantial silhouette that trout can easily recognize from below. Its dimensional profile, contrasting colors, and articulated legs suggest a large terrestrial meal capable of triggering a trout’s feeding instinct.

Built for Flotation, Movement, and Visibility

Every material in the Backcountry Halo Hopper Fly Tying Kit contributes something important to the finished pattern.

The twisted extended body is constructed from four 1mm x 2mm foam strips, producing a buoyant, segmented abdomen without occupying the hook gap. The foam bullet head and overwing add even more flotation, helping the pattern remain visible and stable on the surface while supporting a dropper fly beneath it.

The Moonlit Halo Hair wing adds lightweight volume and creates a broad, natural-looking wing profile. Its fine synthetic fibers provide subtle movement, translucency, and light reflection without making the wing appear heavy or solid. Halo Hair is easy to control at the vise and allows you to create a consistent wing without stacking or aligning natural hair.

The Moonlit Beaver Dubbing creates a compact yet buggy thorax and head. Its fine natural fibers soften the transition between the twisted abdomen and foam head while adding texture to the fly’s silhouette.

Finally, the knotted Semperfli Grizzly Flutter SiliLegs provide color contrast, recognizable leg joints, and movement. The flat silicone legs flex and flutter with changes in current, helping the fly imitate a struggling grasshopper on the surface.

Watch the Backcountry Halo Hopper Fly Tying Tutorial

Follow along with the complete step-by-step fly tying tutorial to see how the twisted extended body is constructed, how the Moonlit Halo Hair wing is positioned, and how the knotted silicone legs and bullet-style foam head bring the pattern together.

Materials Included

  • Hook: TOGATTA ML601 in your selected size
  • Thread: [Insert Moonlit thread size and color]
  • Twisted Extended Body: 1mm x 2mm foam strips in the selected color combination
  • Wing: Moonlit Halo Hair
  • Thorax and Head: Moonlit Beaver Dubbing
  • Bullet Head and Foam Overwing: Moonlit 2mm Zero Gravity Foam, cut approximately to the width of the hook gap
  • Legs: Semperfli Grizzly Flutter SiliLegs, knotted
  • Adhesive: [Insert adhesive if included]

Fly tying tools are not included.

Select the Right Hook Size

Choose your hook size according to the natural grasshoppers in your area and the type of water you plan to fish.

Smaller Backcountry Halo Hoppers create a subtler presentation for clear water, smaller streams, selective trout, and lightly weighted droppers. Larger sizes provide a more substantial profile, increased visibility, and additional flotation for broken water or heavier hopper-dropper rigs.

Keeping several sizes in your fly box allows you to adjust your presentation as the water, wind, and trout activity change throughout the day.

Learn More About the Backcountry Halo Hopper

Want to know what makes the twisted foam body so effective, how to select the right hopper size, when hopper fishing is at its best, and where to present this pattern?

Read the complete Backcountry Halo Hopper guide for a closer look at its construction, flotation, fish-triggering profile, and tips for fishing it alone or as part of a hopper-dropper rig.

[READ THE BACKCOUNTRY HALO HOPPER BLOG]

Tie It. Fish It. Watch It Disappear.

The Backcountry Halo Hopper Fly Tying Kit removes the guesswork from gathering materials, making it easier to sit down at the vise and start tying.

With its buoyant twisted foam body, lightweight Moonlit Halo Hair wing, buggy beaver thorax, durable foam head, and lively knotted legs, this pattern is ready for grassy banks, backcountry creeks, turbulent pocket water, and warm summer afternoons.

Choose your hook size, gather your kit, and get ready for the kind of surface eat you will not soon forget.