Cicada Pattern

[MD_Gene]

Can anyone point me to a recipe for a cicada? See my post on the General Board: The Cidas are Coming. Thanks in advance.

 

[falcon]

I used a pattern ftom George Daniel and a pattern from Paul Weamers book Pocket Guide for New York Hatches which is a Greg Hoover pattern. I dont recall where I saw Daniel's pattern. They both are similar and seem to work. The few times I used cicadas when they were around the fish went on a feeding spree. I doubt they were selective to pattern.

 

[troutbert]

You can tie a cicada pattern that's basically like a Letort Cricket but tied entirely with deer hair.

The body is spun and clipped deer hair. I use mostly black deer hair, with a small amount of the wings tied with orange-brown deer hair.

It floats very well and is durable.