Grasshopper plague

Over the coming weeks, federal officials say, grasshoppers will likely hatch in bigger numbers than any year since 1985. A federal survey of 17 states taken last fall found critically high numbers of adult grasshoppers in parts of Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Each mature female lays hundreds of eggs. So “the population could be very, very high this year,” said Charles Brown, who manages grasshopper suppression for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Get'm early.....they sold out of every fly shop in Montana last year.

Not so good for the farmers but should be a good thing for the fly angler. I know it’s still May but it’s going to be an early hopper year with our current snow pack.  I have a few new home brewed hoppers that are waiting……