TYING PARACHUTE DRY FLIES

[Maurice]

sandfly wrote:
remember glue adds weight,,yea-yea I know you only add a small amount, But on a dry fly thats like adding 100lbs. extra for the hackle to hold above the surface film...

Remeber folks the more you add the heavier that fly weighs, one less turn of thread, a little less dubbing it might float for ever...

Good point Bob....I would add that using foam for the post does nothing for the fly's bouyancy. Because the foam is not in the water. It is all up to the hackle and tail to suspend the fly.

 

[sandfly]

I agree Maurice...

 

[Padraic]

Maurice,

Good point! Some of those foam posts are rather heavy! Closed cell foam can make the parachute "tippy" or land upside down.

 

[afishinado]

Sorry - posted to the wrong thread.

 

[beeber2]

I use foam and synthetics like z-lon. I've also used the Para Post stuff with good results. To get good results with the Para Post, try the knotty parachute.

http://www.utahonthefly.com/flytying/flyarchive/knttyprchtdun.htm

Bill