Has anyone else read about Roy Christies reverse parachute fly? I felt like the last person to know once I started looking around and found so much information about it and watched his video. Very innovative technique to say the least. How he uses the mono loop to wind and then secure the hackle was so simple but genius. I havent tried tying one yet but look forward to giving it a shot.
Texfly,
I’ve been using that technique since I got some of Roy’s flies in a swap. Very innovative and effective. Make sure you drop the tag end of the mono loop between the vise jaws. Makes pulling the loop tight so much easier and the direction is correct.
REE
I must have missed that detail in his video. Can you explain a little further Ron? Thanks
texfly - did you miss the various Fly of the Week Roy has done for FAOL over the years? Type in Roy Christie on the SEARCH on the front/main page of FAOL…step by step instructions!
You might try doing a little research at this site: http://ukflydressing.proboards.com/index.cgi?
That should keep you happily enthralled for a few hours, if you haven’t been there before.
Ed
Thanks for the info guys. I really feel silly that I didnt see the flies of the week that Roy had done. Very cool. I also now see what you are talking about Ron. Thanks guys.
Lady Flyfisher,
Please enlighten me. I go to the FOTW and type in Roy Christie in the SEARCH and then what? Do
I have to search throught the years until I find Roy’s stuff? I’m sure it’s simple, but so am I. I
don’t get what you click after putting words in SEARCH.
Thanks,
Dum and dummer
Dum and dummer, 
To find Roy’s flies quickly on the FOTW page use the Edit feature (assume you are using MS Explorer) and select Find on this page and Type Roy Christie into the dialog box and select Next. This will make finding what you are looking for quicker than going through the entire page eyeballing what it is you are looking for.
Hope this helps.
The issue I find with the search feature on the main page is that you may have to wade through a lot of info to find what you want. I find asking for help on the bb is much easier to narrow down my search and in most cases I am given the direct link to the page or pages I seek.
I guess it’s the “Avon Special”, although I don’t know why it would attract any more fish than other dry flies, but who knows?
Does this really qualify as a dry fly? It appears to me the body is below the surface, only the hackles stay dry. Maybe this is a damp fly.
I had a look at the FOTW article on this reverse parachute style and tied up a few last night. The first one took a bit of thinking in reverse, but then it clicked. I really like tying these and they look great. This is a great way to tie parachute flies, whether normal or reverse. Thanks to all for the posts that prompted me to look into Roy Christie’s original FOTW.
Ted
I think whats really original about this design is the parachute hackle. How its tied in with mono makes it really strong and stay put. I think we have all had the hackle slip of the post of the normal parachute fly when fishing or tying. With this design I dont see that happening. On his site Roy describes asking a person to step on one finished fly while he tied the next one and it stayed together. Thats faith in your work.
:? My mind is still a little screwed up trying to figger out this reverse stuff :? ~~~
Uncle Jesse, that might depend on how much Gink you put on it.
More seriously, sometimes I tie flies with oversized hackles and only Gink the top part of the fly. Bluegills seem attracted to hackle which is gently waving around under the water.
Ed
I think this is an emerger pattern. Grease the hackle but not the tippet and let the tippet sink the tail.
I think that is what Roy intended.
Years ago, Roy was kind enough to send me a box of assorted flies that I have used as models to tie from using his methods.
Very effective on small stream fish and Roy puts a lot of research into what makes the designs work.
I love the fact the hackle doesn’t slide off the post and once you get the knack, they are super easy to tie.
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