Saturday, 13 August 2011

Foamular of the Cicada X



Material:
Hook- Gamakatsu B10S size 6-4
Body-Toothpick, 2mm thick close cell foam
Eye-Bead eye
Wing-Flashabou, Elk hair
Legs- Mini Sili legs
Color- Markers
Under Thorax- dubbing

The step by step tying instruction:

Cut a piece of 2mm close cell foam, hook trough the narrow portion









Tie in the toothpick to create a taper body











Tie in additional strip of close cell foam to create a more  taper body










Tie the close cell foam











Cut side of the foam for opening for insert of wings, paint the body with selected marker












Tie in the flashabou and the Elk hair, split to 2 equal portion, secure at both opening











 Tie in the rubber legs, dub to divide the legs









Tie the foam close to hook eye












Tie in the bead eye and fold over and finish the thorax












Dub the neck and finish the thorax with market













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7 comments:

  1. Naveen Kumar14 August 2011 at 22:35

    beauty

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  2. ClogFly6 January 2013 at 07:59

    This is perfect for me!!!!

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  3. Unknown14 June 2013 at 15:05

    What a great pattern, and a great site. I just tied a bunch of these in orange/brown with red eyes for the (hopefully soon) upcoming invasion here in Ohio, and I think they're gonna kill. Really enjoying digging thru your patterns and techniques here, and I'm suddenly very excited about foam and latex. Keep up the great work!

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    1. dronlee15 June 2013 at 05:53

      Thank you Chad... I also have another simple version.

      Will be posting up soon

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  4. Benjamin Rogers1 August 2013 at 08:19

    Are the tabs that are cut for the wings removed when the foam is pulled forward and tied at the eye?

    Thanks,

    Ben

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    1. dronlee8 August 2013 at 02:32

      Hi Ben,
      I guess the tabs you are referring is the side pcs of foam that I cut for the wings... yes, they are cut after tie down near the hook eye.

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  5. Anonymous28 November 2014 at 12:07

    Dear Sir:

    My name is Jeff Welker and I live in Mesa, Arizona, USA.

    I’m very interested in your Cicada X pattern that is on you “Fly Tying Nation” blog. I wanted to ask you a couple of questions regarding the body foam.

    1. How do you determine the dimensions of the “hour glass” shape you cut into the 2mm closed cell foam that is used for the body? The length of the shorter “hour glass” section seems to match the length of the hook shank, while the longer “hour glass” section appears to be two to three times the hook shank length.

    2. What is the dimension (length) of the longer “hour glass” section?

    Your help in answering this question is sincerely appreciated.

    Thank you;

    Jeff

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