Foam Cicada

[Wildfisher]

Found this on Youtube. Looks interesting, worth watching just for the technique

Foam Cicada fly tying

[shad]

Nice video, never  realised  that  they  were  on the  Trouts  menu  in  NZ.Came  accross  a  huge  hatch on Cape Cod  when Striper  fishing  one  time,we  were  driving  along  and  started  hitting  great  clouds  of  them.Was  a  bit  like  hitting a flock  of  small  birds they  seemed  so  big,  one came in the window and went  down the  front  of  my  shirt while driving,huge near death dramatics  followed which  we  still  laugh  about.

Would  love  to see  a  hatch  when Trout  were  feeding  on  them, not  sure  Id need  a sight  post  on  something  that  big  yet though! 

[Wildfisher]

I like the tying technique, dead simple. the fly might spin a bit by the looks of it, however we have found you get away with fishing a pretty heavy tippet with these big flies and it helps.  I have just ordered a bit of white sparkle organza on Ebay.  1M x 60CM; in other words a lifetime supply  for the entire forum for under a fiver inc delivery.   Boy we get ripped off when we "proper"  fly tying stuff.   :lol: Great idea smearing a thin coat of silicon adhesive on the material.

[Wildfisher]

I just tied a few of these replacing the organza wings with sparse white McFlylon and crystal flash (I don't have any organza yet). This is a remarkably easy and quick fly to tie and I can see it replacing the Scott Sanchez' Mega Beetle which I don't enjoy tying at all. Pre-cutting the body shape out of the foam as described in the video makes it so easy although I'd put a smear of super glue on the hook shank to stop it all spinning  round the shank.

[Wildfisher]

these only took a few minutes to tie.

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[garryh]

very interesting,im looking to fish foam patterns a lot next year,and like you Fred im looking for easy to tie flies.

check this one out it looks good but took me ages to tie

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=108

a bit overdone i think
Garry

[Traditionalist]

This is a very good introduction to foam flies;

http://www.amazon.com/Tying-Foam-Flies-Skip-Morris/dp/1878175890

Also good;

 http://www.amazon.com/Tying-Flies-Foam-Fur-Feathers/dp/0811729095/ref=pd_sim_b_1/182-1311304-4884906

Materials;  http://www.kreinik.com/kshop/home.php?cat=35

TL
MC

[Wildfisher]

Garry, I'd agree that looks a bit overdone or overly complex. What matters is how they look from below. This is a fish-eye view of the one above with the  pink sighting post. I'd eat that if I was a trout!   :lol:

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[Malcolm]

The Baloon Sedge is the easiest foam fly I know - and takes only a couple of minutes to tie. I can't see any reason why it couldn't take a couple of legs or indeed why the deer/elk hair couldn't be replaced or augmented by poly wool.

[Darwin]

Charlie Craven has a great collection of SBS on that site and a few nice foam patterns.  Here is a foam hopper blog that I like. (not a fan of some of his colour choices  :makefun  ) http://hopperfishing.wordpress.com/  

Juan Ramirez also does nice foam patterns http://hopperjuan.blogspot.com/

Hoper Juan Video.
http://vodpod.com/watch/4171812-tying-the-hopper-juan

oh yea, Balloon Caddis with legs rocks!