Blade Runner Hopper – RIO Fly

When we designed RIO’s Steel Plow for steelhead, many folkscommented that it would also make agood hopper. With thatfeedback, we set out to do just that. We made a few tweaks anddownsized theoffering to come up with RIO’s Blade RunnerHopper.

This bad boy has a wide platform that makes abeautifulsplat when hammering grassy banks. The white poly wing is easyfor the angler to see, andthe thick, two-tone foam body hasplenty of buoyancy to suspend your favorite dropper.