{"id":6019,"date":"2026-02-22T15:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T04:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/gfa-foam-hopper-wednesday-25-feb-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T17:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T06:07:04","slug":"gfa-foam-hopper-wednesday-25-feb-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/gfa-foam-hopper-wednesday-25-feb-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"GFA Foam Hopper \u2013 Wednesday 25 Feb 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>John hosted the tying of the GFA Foam Hopper. This is a great all-around attractor pattern in late summer when larger terrestrials are out. This is a great searching pattern with a dropper underneath. It&#8217;s also very buoyant allowing for heavier droppers to be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"284\" src=\"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image006281293408354710140625849.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6018\" srcset=\"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image006281293408354710140625849.jpg 975w, http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image006281293408354710140625849-300x87.jpg 300w, http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image006281293408354710140625849-768x224.jpg 768w, http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image006281293408354710140625849-624x182.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><br \/><br \/><strong>Hook<\/strong>: 2 or 3 X-long hopper hook&nbsp; \u2013 Sizes 6-14<br \/><strong>Thread<\/strong>: UTC 140 Denier \u2013 Tan (or equivalent to suit the foam colour)<br \/><strong>Underbody<\/strong>: Dubbing<br \/><strong>Body<\/strong>: Craft Foam, 2-3mm \u2013 Tan\/Yellow<br \/><strong>Wing<\/strong>: Elk hair, cleaned and stacked<br \/><strong>Hot Spot<\/strong>: Bright Craft Foam or other indicator material \u2013 2mm<br \/><strong>Legs<\/strong>: Striped round-rubber legs \u2013 Medium<br \/> <br \/><br \/>References if you wish:<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/intoflyfishing.com\/how-to-tie-a-gfa-hopper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Tie a GFA Hopper (Step-By-Step With Video) &#8211; Into Fly Fishing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N6F2WsfearY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You NEED to Try This HOPPER!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>keyword dryfly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John hosted the tying of the GFA Foam Hopper. This is a great all-around attractor pattern in late summer when larger terrestrials are out. This is a great searching pattern with a dropper underneath. It&#8217;s also very buoyant allowing for heavier droppers to be used. Ingredients: Hook: 2 or 3 X-long hopper hook&nbsp; \u2013 Sizes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fly_tying"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7aQnH-1z5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6087,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019\/revisions\/6087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}