Thanks man. I love fishing a Hopper Dropper. Sweet tip about the weight in the back end, never even crossed my mind. Will def tie a couple up like that for versatility. As I haven't fished this pattern yet, my neighbours kid came up to me yesterday and thanked me for the hopper that I gave him, said he got 2 cutties on the Oldman with it on Saturday so I gave him another one Cant wait to give it a try myself!!