Parachute BWO Emerger

This emerger pattern is a great one for your BWO hatch, it rides low in the water and is great when fished in tandem with another dry fly.
Hook: Daiichi 1120 (size 16-22)
Thread: 8/0 Uni Olive Dun
Tail: Black Krystal Flash
Abdomen: Stripped Peacock quill
Thorax: Olive Antron dubbing
Wing: Gray poly yarn, Whiting dry fly hackle (dun coloring)
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[@danny4thage]

I just tried this pattern o the LO killed it with about a 15 min window hatch caught about 5 nice browns now its time to tie them up I had only bought two lost one on the river 😆 👍🏼

[@sethj41]

I have tried so many times to tie a parachute and I never could do it, this is so much easier thank you!

[@smittysflybox]

Glad it could help you! Thanks for watching

[@jdigioia1130]

Thanks for sharing! The way you tied off the hackle may solve some if the issues that I’m having - thanks! 🎣

[@medtech1a]

As always your fly making abilities are amazing and well made. I truly enjoy watching your technique.

[@smittysflybox]

Thank you Chris! Appreciate that very much.

[@marcfoutz9049]

Nice pattern! Gonna tie some up for those picky eaters...at the least, it should get them to look twice! Also, good tip on tying off the parachute hackle, gonna try that for sure! Cheers!

[@smittysflybox]

Thanks for watching!

[@christianwood7432]

Very nice

[@smittysflybox]

Thank you

[@Bohunk1010]

Nice!

[@smittysflybox]

Thanks

[@vinnygallo2669]

Is this fished as a dry or can it be a sub surface fly?

[@smittysflybox]

This fly is designed to sit just under the water surface with the parachute visible.

[@vinnygallo2669]

@@smittysflybox thanks

[@MrJethroq]

I found stripping peacock herl to be a giant pain and decided to just dub the body. I also found tying off the hackle a little easier using this technique: ruclips.net/video/I1Sn9JrdfpE/видео.html. To each his own. It's a cool pattern though, and I'm coming out with some great looking flies - usually my dries/emergers look a bit scraggly. Thanks again Steve and Co!

[@smittysflybox]

Sweet! Yes lots of different ways out there, find one that works for ya and run with it.

[@DavidHowellMedia]

Did the same thing, just dubbed the body.