RIO's Blade Runner Hopper Color:Pink The bleached elk wing and

The bleached elk wing and head

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and invented by the English nymph pioneer Frank Sawyer

The claws are made with RIO's Kahuna LT material which helps the fly scuttle at the proper angle to the bottom

RIO's Blade Runner Hopper Color:Pink The bleached elk wing andWhen we designed RIO's Steel Plow for steelhead, many folks commented that it would also make a good hopper. With that feedback, we set out to do just that. We made a few tweaks and downsized the offering to come up with RIO's Blade Runner Hopper. This bad boy has a wide platform that makes a beautiful splat when hammering grassy banks. The white poly wing is easy for the angler to see, and the thick, two tone foam body has plenty of buoyancy to