Cicada sightings?

[VanH]

I was done tying cicada’s until I was recently given some flymenfishing cicada wings. With my frog body cutter and 6 mm foam, I had some fun. I used rubber contact cement to attach the bodies to the #2 Ahrex XO774 hook.  Most of the cicada flies I normally tie are basically a black beetle pattern with orange legs. Come on cicadas!

[John Gillio]

Sweet!

[Urbs]

these are great!

[VanH]

4 hours ago, Urbs said:

these are great!

Thanks.  I have my doubts on the wings durability after a few fish but I will find out soon. 

[Urbs]

9 minutes ago, VanH said:

Thanks.  I have my doubts on the wings durability after a few fish but I will find soon. 

it’ll be a good problem to have!

[VanH]

Cicada fly update.  The wings are holding up great with no signs of wear after many fish. It does make a annoying buzzing noise in the air. 😂 

[John Gillio]

3 hours ago, VanH said:

Cicada fly update.  The wings are holding up great with no signs of wear after many fish. It does make an annoying buzzing noise in the air. 😂 

Nice! Can’t get much more realistic than that! Just started hearing them in any numbers around  the LaSalle /Peru area in the last week or two. Haven’t seen any floating on the water yet. I hope the streams are down when that happens.