This fly imitates a
mayfly, which has fallen on the
water and is died or dying. Spent parachute is a variation of the theme
Klinkhamer Special, the famous dryfly by Hans van Klinken. The idea of
Klinkhamer is, that the body sinks under the surface film and only the
polypropylen wing floats.
Spent Parachute’s idea is in totally
floating fly, which drifts with the current just on the film. While
fishing the whole fly must be greased otherwise as Klinkhamer, where only
the wing is greased.
Every flyfisherman has seen, how dying
mayflies drift with wings spent on the surface film. This situation can
drive fishes crazy, they start their gorging orgias. At the end of summer
the most hatching species of mayflies in Finland are from Baetis-family.
This means, that the fly must be even so small as # 20.
Dressing:
Hook: 2x dry fly
#10-20
Tag:
Floss
Tail:
Stiff cock herls
Abdomen:
A hackle stem
Rib: Thin
wire
Wing:
Polypropylene
Hackle: Parachute
hackle
Thorax:
Dubbed CDC-herls
How to tie:
Base the hook alittle over the shank. Fasten the floss till the end of the
base. Tie the tail with stiff cockhackle herls at the end of the shank.
the lenght of the tail is 1-1,5 times the shank. Divide the tail in two
with the silk.
Tie the abdomen with a stem of a hackle. You
can make it stronger by ribbing it with a fine wire.
Fasten the polypropylene in the middle of the
thorax area. Fasten the hackle at the foot of the wing.
Put some cdc-herls in a thread-loop and dub
the thorax.
Tie the hackle. every new turn goes under the
earlier (4-6 turns). Make the whip-finish on the foot of the wing.
Divide the wing in two. Spread them to the
sides. Drop a tiny drop of super glue on the root and hold the wing
in the right position till the glue is dry.
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