Sunken Cicada
Terrestrial
Tied By Darrell Olson
Hook: TMC 5262, Size 6
Thread: 6/0 (140 denier) Orange
Materials- weighted wire: 0.035 Lead wire or substitute rib: 4X Tippet underbody: Medium Orange chenille overbody: Black Hareline Furry Foam legs: Round Rubber Legs in Orange or Orange with Black Stripes wing: 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.