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.