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Paradrake
Charlie Craven ties this Paradrake, an extended-body parachute dry with a body of olive elk rump folded around a 15 lb mono core and bound into segments with crossing thread wraps. Moose body hair forms the tails, an upright clump of X-Caddis deer hair serves as the wing post, and a grizzly hackle dyed olive is wound parachute-style around it. The extended body carries the fly well past the bend of the curved hook. Tied here on a size 12 Tiemco 2487.
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Materials
15 lb monofilament, folded into a loop as the core of the extended body
15 lb
X-Caddis deer hair, for the wing post
Grizzly rooster cape or saddle hackle dyed olive
Grizzly dyed olive
Moose body hair
Elk rump hair, olive
Olive
How to Tie the Paradrake
- 1
Step 1
Start the thread and lay a base along the shank.
- 2
Step 2
Fold a piece of 15 lb mono into a narrow loop and tie it in on top of the shank so the loop extends well past the bend as a core for the extended body. Bind it down securely and trim the ends.
- 3
Step 3
Clean and stack a clump of deer hair. Tie it in on top near the front of the hook with the tips pointing forward for the wing.
- 4
Step 4
Pull the wing upright and build thread wraps in front of it until it stands on its own. Trim the butts and cover them with thread.
- 5
Step 5
Wrap the thread up the base of the wing and back down to form a firm post.
- 6
Step 6
Tie in the dyed olive grizzly hackle by its stem at the base of the wing post.
- 7
Step 7
Lay a few moose body hairs along the mono core so the tips extend past its end for tails, and bind them in at the front.
- 8
Step 8
Clean and stack a bunch of olive elk rump hair. Tie it in at the front of the shank, behind the wing, with the tips pointing forward over the eye.
- 9
Step 9
Fold the elk hair back so it surrounds the shank and the mono core evenly, and hold it in place.
- 10
Step 10
Spiral the thread back over the elk to the end of the extension in open wraps that mark the body segments, then spiral forward again so the wraps cross and lock each segment.
Keep the moose tails free of the thread as you reach the end of the body.
- 11
Step 11
Trim the elk hair tips at the end of the body, leaving the moose tails extending past it.
- 12
Step 12
Wrap the hackle down the wing post in close turns, tie it off at the base and trim the tip.
- 13
Step 13
Whip finish behind the eye and trim the thread.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JWe3Tovsdg
Credit: Charlie Craven / Charlie's Fly Box