There have been a few questions about this, so I thought an instructional thread of video SBS might be useful.
I'll add more as I make them. Feel free to do the same.
parachute post (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUETWHPjjmQ#ws)
Parachute Fly Post
emerger post (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md9u3G1TzPw#ws)
Emerger Style Wing Post
foam cicada (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuPoe7ljFX8#ws)
Foam Cicada / Beetle Wing Post
A very good and simple pattern, I am going to try this one.
Cheers Fred!
I'd put legs on the cicada - just didn't bother this time as they were not relevant to the demo and tend to get in the way. :D
Quote from: admin on June 29, 2013, 10:10:43 PM
I'd put legs on the cicada - just didn't bother this time as they were not relevant to the demo and tend to get in the way. :D
Yup, burnt orange legs and orange & black dubbing, and a dark olive version. :)
I used to use a stripped hackle stem for a hackle post on parachutes, but use a gallows tool now but then I only tie marchbrown parachutes for this time of year
Fred..... I am curious to understand why you apply varnish/superglue to the parachute?
For a rigid-ish base to wrap the hackle? .......... never thought of it before but I guess it must help?
Quote from: tomcatin on April 19, 2014, 01:23:17 AM
For a rigid-ish base to wrap the hackle?
Exactly. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't :D
Quote from: tomcatin on April 19, 2014, 01:23:17 AM
Fred..... I am curious to understand why you apply varnish/superglue to the parachute?
For a rigid-ish base to wrap the hackle? .......... never thought of it before but I guess it must help?
I do something similar. Instead of applying a drop to the base of the post, I smear the superglue along a length of tying thread before running it up and down the post.
Alex