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Cicada Fly Pattern
Months ago there was a request for Cicada patterns. I said I'd post
Greg Hoover's pattern as soon as he gave it out. (Greg is an entomologist at Penn State and co-author with Charlie Meck of Great Streams, Great Hatches.) Hook: TMC 5212, size 6 Thread: Flat A, black Overbody: Black foam, about 3 mm thick Abdomen: Orange Awesome Possum dubbing, or chenille Wing: Orange deer hair 1. Cut strip of foam a bout 1/2" wide. Taper last 1/2 to 3/4 inch to a point. Tie on hook shank, beginning about 1/3 back from eye. 2. Wrap thread snugly over foam on shank back to hook bend. 3. Dub bulky orange body forward to 1/3 back from eye. OR use orange chenille. 4. Bring foam forward, as in tying a beetle, and tie down at 1/3 back from eye. 5. Tie in bunch of deer at that point, as in elk hair caddis. Spread out, fanwise. But off butts. 6. Tie down foam forward to eye. 7. Wind thread back to 1/3 point. 8., Pull foam strip back to that poiunt, tie down, and cut off excess. |
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Cicada Fly Pattern
Any way to convince you to post an image of this fly to the ABPF newsgroup.
Sounds like an excellent pattern and a lot easier to tie than the spun hair patterns I am used to. Joe C. "vincent p. norris" wrote in message ... Months ago there was a request for Cicada patterns. I said I'd post Greg Hoover's pattern as soon as he gave it out. (Greg is an entomologist at Penn State and co-author with Charlie Meck of Great Streams, Great Hatches.) Hook: TMC 5212, size 6 Thread: Flat A, black Overbody: Black foam, about 3 mm thick Abdomen: Orange Awesome Possum dubbing, or chenille Wing: Orange deer hair 1. Cut strip of foam a bout 1/2" wide. Taper last 1/2 to 3/4 inch to a point. Tie on hook shank, beginning about 1/3 back from eye. 2. Wrap thread snugly over foam on shank back to hook bend. 3. Dub bulky orange body forward to 1/3 back from eye. OR use orange chenille. 4. Bring foam forward, as in tying a beetle, and tie down at 1/3 back from eye. 5. Tie in bunch of deer at that point, as in elk hair caddis. Spread out, fanwise. But off butts. 6. Tie down foam forward to eye. 7. Wind thread back to 1/3 point. 8., Pull foam strip back to that poiunt, tie down, and cut off excess. |
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Cicada Fly Pattern
I found the following pages which show what the animal looks like.
http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/magici...gan/Index.html "vincent p. norris" wrote in message ... Months ago there was a request for Cicada patterns. I said I'd post Greg Hoover's pattern as soon as he gave it out. (Greg is an entomologist at Penn State and co-author with Charlie Meck of Great Streams, Great Hatches.) Hook: TMC 5212, size 6 Thread: Flat A, black Overbody: Black foam, about 3 mm thick Abdomen: Orange Awesome Possum dubbing, or chenille Wing: Orange deer hair 1. Cut strip of foam a bout 1/2" wide. Taper last 1/2 to 3/4 inch to a point. Tie on hook shank, beginning about 1/3 back from eye. 2. Wrap thread snugly over foam on shank back to hook bend. 3. Dub bulky orange body forward to 1/3 back from eye. OR use orange chenille. 4. Bring foam forward, as in tying a beetle, and tie down at 1/3 back from eye. 5. Tie in bunch of deer at that point, as in elk hair caddis. Spread out, fanwise. But off butts. 6. Tie down foam forward to eye. 7. Wind thread back to 1/3 point. 8., Pull foam strip back to that poiunt, tie down, and cut off excess. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.559 / Virus Database: 351 - Release Date: 1/7/2004 |
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Cicada Fly Pattern
"Sierra fisher" wrote in message ... I found the following pages which show what the animal looks like. http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/magici...gan/Index.html I will never forget one fishing trip when these creatures were out. We were playing cards outside buy the light of a Coleman Lantern. They were attracted to the light and dive bombed us like a Kamikaze pilot. They actually hurt if they hit you in the head. We started picking them up from the table and putting them in an empty coffee can. After a while one of the fellows took the can and threw them back into the trees. We went to bed rather than face the bombardment again. Ernie |
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Cicada Fly Pattern
Any way to convince you to post an image of this fly to the ABPF newsgroup.
Sorry, Joe, I'm unable to do that. If you've tied a foam beetle, that's essentially what this pattern is, with an orange abdomen and orange wing similar to that on an elk-hair caddis, spread wide. The website posted in this thread will give you some top and bottom views of the bug; for side views, see: http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fa...cal/Index.html vince |
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Cicada Fly Pattern
"Ernie" wrote in news:tavSb.7826
: I will never forget one fishing trip when these creatures were out. We were playing cards outside buy the light of a Coleman Lantern. They were attracted to the light and dive bombed us like a Kamikaze pilot. They actually hurt if they hit you in the head. We started picking them up from the table and putting them in an empty coffee can. After a while one of the fellows took the can and threw them back into the trees. We went to bed rather than face the bombardment again. Ernie A different species of course but we had a big flight of cicadas just on sunset while fishing one evening this year. The air was thick with them and they repeatedly hit the stationary rod with quite a thwack... at other times the rod hit them ;-) There were so many I tied a couple of large dark (very dark furnace - almost black) palmer drys for later trips. They've worked well for the cicada on evening and march flys during the day ... though the cicadas gadding about were only 30mm or so much smaller than your magic bug. As well as the more imitative patterns, it might be worth trying a big palmer with splash of orange through the abdomen for your bugs - helps get rid of some of those often useless outsize feathers as well ;-) Big bugs are fun ... Steve |
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Cicada Fly Pattern
"Stephen Welsh" wrote in message . 1.4... There were so many I tied a couple of large dark (very dark furnace - almost black) palmer drys for later trips. They've worked well for the cicada on evening and march flys during the day ... though the cicadas gadding about were only 30mm or so much smaller than your magic bug. As well as the more imitative patterns, it might be worth trying a big palmer with splash of orange through the abdomen for your bugs - helps get rid of some of those often useless outsize feathers as well ;-) Big bugs are fun ... Steve These were about as big as your thumb and black. They only hatch every seven years. Ernie |
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Cicada Fly Pattern
Any way to convince you to post an image of this fly to the ABPF newsgroup.
Although I'm unable to do that, I'll send a photo of the fly via email to anyone who requests it. Not a photograhic masterpiece, but it will show what *my attempt at tying the fly* looks like, top and bottom. vince |
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Cicada Fly Pattern
I can only say I have fished when the hatch is on.
May 25 of this year in Indiana according to Newspaper article in the local paper. This will occur in the Bloomington area When the hatch is on you don't catch fish you release them. I caught between 500-700 gills in three days. I kept about 15 for eating I tied a simple black deer hair body with some hair sticking out the sides. It worked great "vincent p. norris" wrote in message ... Months ago there was a request for Cicada patterns. I said I'd post Greg Hoover's pattern as soon as he gave it out. (Greg is an entomologist at Penn State and co-author with Charlie Meck of Great Streams, Great Hatches.) Hook: TMC 5212, size 6 Thread: Flat A, black Overbody: Black foam, about 3 mm thick Abdomen: Orange Awesome Possum dubbing, or chenille Wing: Orange deer hair 1. Cut strip of foam a bout 1/2" wide. Taper last 1/2 to 3/4 inch to a point. Tie on hook shank, beginning about 1/3 back from eye. 2. Wrap thread snugly over foam on shank back to hook bend. 3. Dub bulky orange body forward to 1/3 back from eye. OR use orange chenille. 4. Bring foam forward, as in tying a beetle, and tie down at 1/3 back from eye. 5. Tie in bunch of deer at that point, as in elk hair caddis. Spread out, fanwise. But off butts. 6. Tie down foam forward to eye. 7. Wind thread back to 1/3 point. 8., Pull foam strip back to that poiunt, tie down, and cut off excess. |
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Cicada Fly Pattern
Vince, if you email it to me, I'll post it on abpf for everybody else.
OK, Stan. Thanks. vince |
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