Sunken Cicada
Terrestrial
Tied By Darrell Olson
Hook: TMC 5262, Size 6
Thread: 6/0 (140 denier) Orange
Body Parts: weighted wire, rib, underbody, overbody, legs, wing
Materials: 0.035 Lead wire or substitute, 4X Tippet, Medium Orange chenille, Black Hareline Furry Foam, Round Rubber Legs in Orange or Orange with Black Stripes, Mixed Flashabou Orange, Pearl, and White
Notes:
Author, professor, and fly fishing guide, George Daniel is well-known for stalking wary brown trout on the idyllic streams of central Pennsylvania. He’s seen heavily-pressured trout wise up to surface cicada patterns, and he and his friends have seen the same trout show more willingness to eat a cicada fly that’s partially submerged in the film or riding fully underwater. This fly is a bit shaggy on purpose because as Daniel notes, a swamped insect is anything but orderly.