Hippy Stomper

Hippy Stomper

The Hippy Stomper is a high-floating, highly visible dry fly designed to ride the surface film with authority — a go-to attractor pattern for fast pocket water, riffles, and anywhere trout are looking up. Built with a foam body for unsinkable buoyancy and a palmered hackle collar for maximum surface contact, the Hippy Stomper sits high and proud even in turbulent water, making it easy to track and deadly when trout are keyed on surface food. Its bold profile and flashy color options trigger aggressive strikes from opportunistic fish, making it an excellent searching pattern when hatches are sparse or fish are in a feeding mood.

Pattern Details

• Style: Attractor dry fly / foam hopper-style surface pattern
• Body: Foam — unsinkable, high-riding profile that stays visible in fast and broken water
• Hackle: Palmered collar — maximum surface contact and stability in turbulent currents
• Best water: Fast pocket water, riffles, runs, and freestone streams — anywhere trout are actively looking up
• Target species: Trout
• Techniques: Dead-drifted on the surface as a searching pattern; used as a dry-dropper indicator with a nymph suspended below; skated or twitched to trigger reaction strikes
• Colors available: Red, Purple
• Sizes available: 8, 10, 12

A bold, buoyant attractor that earns its place in any dry fly box — the Hippy Stomper's foam construction and high-visibility profile make it a reliable searching pattern and a natural dry-dropper anchor on any trout water.