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Reversed parachute
Primary Use
| Best Use | as an emerger when you see a hatch in progress. |
Fly Materials
| Hook | #10-16 curved shank |
| Thread | 140 denier-color to match the body |
| Wing | cock hackle tied paraloop style |
| Tail | 3 deer hair |
| Body | mixture of rabbit & cut wool fibers in contrasting colors. The thorax should be of a darker mixture. |
| Rib | tying thread |
| Hackle | paraloop color of choice |
I love reversed parachutes. They fish down in the surface film and represent a struggling emerger (a vulnerable stage). Also it hides the tippet under the surface for those wary fish.
Tip: Apply floatant only to the hackle and certainly not to the tippet as you want it to sink below the surface.
Tip: Apply floatant only to the hackle and certainly not to the tippet as you want it to sink below the surface.