Terrestrial · sizes 6–8
Green Foam Cicada
Tied for the cicada on the Green River
- Imitates
- Cicada
- When
- Jun
- Hook
- sizes 6–8
- Tippet
- 2X to 3Xrule of three
From$19.50down to $5.50 a fly
A terrestrial in sizes 6-8, tied to imitate the cicada hatch on the Green River and fished for rainbow trout.
- Hand tied to order, never bin stock
- Tied on TMC 5212 in sizes 6-8
- Matched to the cicada on a specific piece of water
- Floats a small dropper
Tied by @jderekleavitt
At the vise
- Pattern
- Foam Cicada
- Style
- Terrestrial
- Hook
- TMC 5212, 2XL drysizes 6-8
- Thread
- Black 6/0
Materialsin the order they go on the hook
- BodyBlack foam over orange foam, two tone
- UnderwingPearl krystal flash
- WingLight elk hair, low over the body
- LegsBlack barred rubber, splayed
- IndicatorOrange foam tab
On the water
Gin-clear water through red rock where you watch the fish decide before it eats.
Two-tone the foam so the underside is the orange a fish looking up actually sees. The top colour is for you.
Slap it down hard against the rock walls. Cicadas fall in, they do not land, and the fish know the difference. Green River fish see a lot of flies, and the ones that keep working are the ones tied for the water rather than for the bin.
Every fly is tied by hand, one at a time, on the hook listed above. No two are identical and none of them came out of a machine.
Where and when
- Water
- Green River, Flaming Gorge, Northeast Utah
- Target
- Rainbow trout, Brown trout, Cutthroat trout
- Water type
- Tailwater
- Also fishes
- Canyon water under overhanging trees in a cicada year, and a passable hopper the rest of the summer.
The cicada on the Green River
June, in sizes 6–8
Also on this water
- Blue-Winged OliveApr–May, Oct
- CaddisJun–Aug
Fished out of Dutch John and Vernal.
What turns up
- Your flies in a slim foam box
- A card with the recipe and the water it was tied for
- Lead time
- Tied to order, usually within a week
- Shipping
- Flat $4 shipping, free over $60
- If it fails
- Fish it. If it falls apart, we replace it.
Goes with it
- Cicada tying kitEvery material on the list above, enough for a dozen, with the recipe card. Tie them yourself.$48
- Green River airbrushed hatThe same water, hand airbrushed onto a trucker cap.
FLY-GREENRIVER-04
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- terrestrial
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