I feel like I’m all thumbs when I make parachute-style flies. That’s because I usually don’t lose many dries, and so, I often don’t make them.
I find that going very slowly helps. I also rotate the fly in the vise. For example, before I lash the hackle onto the post, I flip the fly down 90° so that it is vertical.
This morning, I worked on a size 16 Parachute Sulphur. I tied on the hackle with the fibers pointing upwards, so that the fly will sit low in the surface film:
Here is the materials list:
- Hook: Lightning Strike, DF1, size 16
- Tails: microfibbets, dark dun
- Body: turkey biot, PMD
- Post/wing: poly yarn, white; hackle, brown
- Thorax: Superfine dubbing, amber
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That dog will hunt! Good job.
Thanks! A bit big for this time of year, I fear, but, hopefully, a size 16 dry can get some takes.
Beautiful fly! Below is a link to a Tim Flagler video. Can skip ahead to about the 6 minute mark to get to a unique way to post a parachute wing. Since watching his video I’ve been made a convert. Makes parachute flies much quicker to tie.
Thank you!