Cicada Bomber Variation

Terrestrial

Tied By Darrell Olson

Hook: Risen Streamer 200 Hook, 4XL, size 4

Thread: Danville 140 deniers thread bright orange

Materials-

body: 2mm black foam (See Template in Additional Photos)

belly: FNF Jelly Orange Sunburst

wing: Holographic Flashabou Orange

legs: 5 inch length of Orange/Black Barred Round Rubber Legs

Prothorax: 2mm orange foam with red glitter (1/4 x 1/2 inches)

eyes: 2mm red foam (3mm wide)

Notes:

Riverfeet Fly Fishing’s Cicada Bomber Variation

If you live in cicada country, prepare for this entomological event that only happens every 221 years – when the cicada Brood XIII and XIX have a simultaneous emergence. Experts are predicting more than a billion bugs will hatch this year in the eastern US.

Print a copy of their cicada brood XIX foam body cutout form with dimensions here:

https://www.riverfeetflyfishing.com/fly-tying-cicada

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