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.

 

[ROVERT]

They seemed to prefer this very simple pattern over my others today. It is just black foam, grizzly hackle, and orange foam for the eyes. Most were caught in very slow water on the edges so they had plenty of time to look at it.