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Simple Parachute BWO
Simple Parachute BWO is a three-material blue-winged olive from Cheech, tied as a step up for newer tyers learning to set a parachute post. One kind of EP Fibers supplies both the tail and the post, a single dubbing forms the body and thorax, and one dun hackle finishes it. That keeps the silhouette clean and the post easy to spot on the water. It is a quick guide-style dry for fishing on a dead drift during a BWO hatch. Tied here on a size 18 hook.
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Materials
EP Fibers, minnow, for the tail and the post (or EP Trigger Point Int'l Fibers, blue winged olive)
Minnow
Fulling Mill Tactical Dry Fly Dub, grey olive, for the body and thorax (or Wapsi Super Fine Dry Fly Dubbing, gray olive)
Grey Olive
Whiting Bronze Cape, white dyed medium dun (or Whiting Pro Grade Cape)
White dyed Medium Dun
How to Tie the Simple Parachute BWO
- 1
Step 1
Mount the hook and start the olive thread behind the eye. Lay a thin thread base back to the bend.
- 2
Step 2
Tie in a sparse bunch of EP Fibers on top of the shank for the tail and bind it back to the bend.
- 3
Step 3
Trim the tail to length and trim any butts at the front of the tie-in.
- 4
Step 4
Dub the thread thinly with the grey olive dubbing and wrap a slim abdomen forward, leaving the front of the shank bare for the post, hackle and thorax.
- 5
Step 5
Tie a bunch of the same EP Fibers on top of the shank just ahead of the abdomen.
- 6
Step 6
Stand the fibers upright and wrap the thread around their base to form a firm post.
- 7
Step 7
Tie in the hackle feather at the base of the post, with the stem secured against the post.
- 8
Step 8
Dub the thread again and wrap the thorax around the base of the post.
- 9
Step 9
Wrap the hackle around the base of the post.
- 10
Step 10
Tie off the feather at the front of the post and trim the excess.
- 11
Step 11
Whip finish behind the eye and cut the thread.
- 12
Step 12
Trim the post down to the height you want.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F8xcLYzeiA
Credit: Cheech / Fly Fish Food