Nothing about this...Cicada

[Sylvaneous]

...is easy. What a pain. Should cost $10 each

 

[Sylvaneous]

And my 1st few i think look like DOG$#!T. I do 2 and take a break to stretch my back
And I only made THREE. Ugh...should bowl or golf like the rest of the world's NPC's

 

[Nocktavius]

Just think how accomplished you’ll feel when you put it in a tree though

 

[Sylvaneous]

3X, maybe 2X. 8 ft. leader. Minimize tree loss. It will be on my mind. "Check your Six" as they say. No back casting into a brush pile.

 

[Kms]

The greg hoover pattern is pretty quick and easy. I made the foam a bit too wide, so mine have an orange stripe on the bottom rather than a full orange bottom.

I like kinked hooks with foam because they resist rotation.

https://pwwtu.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Greg-Hoover-Cicada-Pattern-Fly-Tyer-Spring-2008.pdf

 

[Sylvaneous]

I'm gong to see how long it actually takes me to do one of mine. It's a proven design from last time, but I do it better now. All this FKKN rain.... I waited 17 years since the last one, and it was EPIC on the LIttle J. Don't rememeber much on Penns. Watch. I'll do this and hardly get a chance to use them. I'm 55. Berlin will be out of college by the next hatch, and I'll DEFINITELY be a total cripple by then.

 

[Sylvaneous]

He's 4 now.

 

[Sylvaneous]

28 minutes per. Oooff.

 

[Nocktavius]

Anybody just try a normal foam beetle tied with some orange ribbing? With how high the flows have been and especially considering the riffles they normally get eaten in- somebody needs to walts worm this pattern- i'd bet good money that 70-80% of those materials are completely unnecessary.

 

[Kms]

Anybody just try a normal foam beetle tied with some orange ribbing? With how high the flows have been and especially considering the riffles they normally get eaten in- somebody needs to walts worm this pattern- i'd bet good money that 70-80% of those materials are completely unnecessary.

The hoover pattern is just thread, dubbing, foam, flash and legs.