Know what fly this is?

[Flytyer317]

I saw a fly on a t.v. show, but just can't recall the name. The fly was meant to float vertically in the water (the eye of the hook facing the sky) The body was tied with twited poly yarn, to form an extended body, with brown hackle. the fly was called a parachute somethingg I believe. I would try to google it, but I have no idead how to find it. This is very confusing probably,lost alot of people, lost my self
Any help would be appreciated
-David

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Game fish are too valuable to only be caught once.
-Lee Wulff

[Ed Gallop]

I know your pain. Problem is, I don't know the answer. There are a lot of different emerger or larva patterns and some, with the same name, may be tied with many different materials. I dopn't recall one specifically with a poly yarn extended body. Trouble with that would be poly yarn floats so the body wouldn't extend below the surface. Maybe a poly yarn parachute material. Wish I could help. Ed.

[ducksterman]

David, ..."twited poly yarn," by that do you mean furled?....if so I've got it somewhere....

[Flytyer317]

Ducksterman, in order to make the body you twist the poly yarn until the point wear it begins to twist itslef over again. then you pull out how much you need for the tail
, double it over, and tie it off. The two pieces of poly yarn will now wrap together. - David

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Game fish are too valuable to only be caught once.
-Lee Wulff

[LadyFisher]

Sounds like one of Roy Christie's USD flies,
try this one: [url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/103104fotw.html:7edd1]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/103104fotw.html[/url:7edd1]

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[bones]

could be...?


sorry about the pic, it's 7 years old

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[Jim Cramer]

From your description I would bet that the fly was Al Beatty's "ParaGlen". The body and wing are formed with one piece of yarn with the body perpendicular to the hook shank at the thorax position and the wing extending out over the hook eye. Hackle is wound in the normal fashion and the bare hook hangs vertically in the water. The hackle lays on the water as would a parachute fly. A very easy fast tie.

Regards, JimC

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[Thwack]

This is what Google turned up when I searched using Jim Cramer's suggested term. Is it close to what you're after? If so, you can find the pattern for it on the page at:

[url=http://www.roughfish.com/fly.html:b8ee2]http://www.roughfish.com/fly.html[/url:b8ee2]

[ducksterman]

Can't believe my memory....looked all over for it and didn't remember that I saw it in "Innovative Flies and Techniques" By Al & Gretchen Beatty page 18 ....that I just got 2 days ago....so Jim C is right on I think....the twisting procedure is called furling [just like in furled leaders].

[rrhyne56]

this may not be it but at least the ballpark
[url=http://www.rackelhanen.se/eng/10029.htm:85217]The Klinkhamer[/url:85217]

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