I gotta say that among the thousands of PA tying vids out there in UA-cam University, I found this one to be by far the best. Even downloaded it to my Mac.
Such a long video but many of the little details really helped. Other videos make it look easy easier until you try to do it yourself. Thanks for putting so much thought into it.
Thank you for very valuable video. After watching hundreds of videos and reading several books I found you the best. I recommend your books to everyone fly tiers who want to learn right way to tie flies!
after two months of searching I finally was able to find some greater Canadian goose feathers! Apparently there's some kind of insane rule about selling migratory bird feathers! At least that's what I heard from a couple places. The place I bought them from was trying to get clarification from the feds about this and couldn't get anyone to answer the question. So they finally said what the heck and shipped them out to me. You're absolutely correct that a size #14 is pretty much the max size you'll get from these biots. They're really perfect for #16 and #18. Thanks again for all the tips. Who knew I've been tying parachutes wrong for all these years!😁
As a lefty, I love this guy’s vids. Also, straight up: this is the best parachute instruction I’ve seen. I tie this bad boy just like this and with also a quill body. Also in pale yellow. Oatka Creek Brown trout don’t stand a chance on this one.
Charlie, your tying videos are by far the best out here in the YT universe! Thank you for putting the time in to share your expertise. Just a note on the description, the goose biot is not listed in the materials list. Tight lines! 🎣
I brought charlies book called charlies fly box its got great photos of flys he has tie.I love the book. Charlie is a excellent fly tyer he shows every tieing like wings bodie he does a neat job.
Wrapping that concave unity of feathers is key in parachutes if you want maximum body profile in the surface film. Nice job! Another of my fav to fish in surface film is an X-caddis and change up body colors for hatch varieties. Peace.
Hi Charlie, love your videos BTW. I’m an old fly tier of about 25 years and cut my teeth on calf body posts and wings. :) In this video you said that you use half a strand of mcflylon for a #16 fly. How about for a # 14 and a #12 and so forth? I’m trying to get a feel for how to use the mcflylon most effectively.
Are you a left handed tyer?I am and you could wick your cement down base of wing instead of on hackle less likely to make mess on dubbing. Good tying enjoyed it . Been tying for60 yrs but pick up tricks from other tiers all the time. Thanks Jim😊
Four points I'd like to offer: 1. Barry Ord Clark's method is even better - turning the hook to whip finish the hackle turns. 2. Charlie is right about the excellent Tiemco 16/0 thread. Semperfli 18/0 is even better - if you can find a source. Outstanding thread. 3. Charlie has some great Canada goose biots there. Difficult to find Canada goose biots that long. They make beautifully marked bodies. 4. If you can find a source, Tiemco High Viz Dry Wing makes the best post material. Expensive, but worth it.
1. Whip finishing on the post creates too much bulk and fidgety vise machinations for my taste. Those extra wraps don’t need to be on the post. 2. CFB has piles of 18/0 Semperfli…not hard to find at all. 3. You’re right. 4. Dry wing is cool stuff, no doubt, but I’ve not found it to be any better in this application. My two cents.
Thanks, Charlie. @@CharliesFlyBox You tie super-clean dressings. The 18/0 Semperfli is so thin and strong, a four turn whip finish on the post amounts to near nil extra bulk. The High Viz Dry Wing is just SO visible, particularly as the light fails. Perhaps try it? I use the orange, which just pops!
excellent video charlie...u must have enjoyed making it as i did watching it and in all the excitement you never clipped the butt ends of the 2 hackles...i dont know about colorado but here on the east coast no deserving trout would ever eat that particular fly even if you were able to get your tippet through the eye to tie it on..
Charlie...nice job and thanks. HOWEVER...I was excited to see how you were going to fix that common problem you mentioned whereby the hackle(s) sometimes decide to spin and orient themselves opposite the way you would like them to wind. Since they apparently did not twist, we never got to see the fix. Do you have any reference for that fix somewhere?
Charlie, Thank you for the great content! I learn each time I watch one of your videos. I started tying the Parachute Adams per your instructions, but I have a question about the post. How long should the wrapped post be (the part that will be wrapped with the hackle)? I'm tying a size 14 and want to be sure I'm proportioning the post correctly. Can you provide some guidance? Thanks Charlie. ed
I hesitate to give an actual measurement as it will change proportionally with the size of the fly you’re tying, but the post is about 20% of the shank length tall…the distance from the hook eye to the wing is about the same as the height of the post, and the wing is tied in at about the 80% point. You could maybe stretch that post to closer to 25% if you wanted to heavily hackle the fly. Hope that helps!
Thanks Charlie, That's what I was looking for! I needed a percentage of the post height. As you stated, I'm going to tie multiple sizes, in my case #14 and #16, so each will have different length wrapped posts. I appreciate your help!
Hey Charlie. Why do you wrap your post in the opposite direction that you tie the body of the fly? I’m right handed so I wrap counter clockwise as you say but I’m not sure I understand why.
Wow, as a left handed person who has watched right handed Tyers it took me a view or two to eat used to our content...like driving on the wrong side of the road.
Do you ever use a fluorescent red, orange, yellow or chartreuse on the wing? For us old and really poor vision people... Thanks and keep sharing. I love the videos and your book!!
Is there any disadvantage in tying say a purple colored post instead of a white post for this fly? I figure the white post is better for matching the hatch, but a colored post would be better for visibility.
Charlie, so glad to see you are making more videos. I really like the way you dissect every step and offer work-arounds for those tricky situations. I order some long goose biots from your Website (like the new formate BTW) . I tried them on a #12 dry fly hook but the most I could get was about 4+ turns which wasn't enough to cover the abdomen. I also noticed that the striping which gives the fly in your video such a great look is very faint or non-existent in the lighter colors i.e., Light Cahill. I got creative with a Sharpie and it came out OK. Any suggestions before I go back to using stripped peacock herl?
Tom Cooper it’s really rare to find a goose biot long enough for a size 12. #14 is about as big as I can manage. As for the dark edge, it has to be a natural Canada goose biot, not a white domestic version dyed to whatever color. Only the wild critters have that dark edge.
Hi Charlie, very inspiring pattern thank you. In the description it says that body is made of superfine dubbing but you use dubbing for the thorax. Please, could you tell me wich kind of biot did you use for the body in this video, I really like this material... Thanks again.
Fryrot3 backhand? I know it’s hard to tell with the videos but I wrap my thread over the top of the hook away from me and the camera is on the far side of the fly...make sense?
That is really a beautiful version of a parachute Adams! I'm definitely going to give those a try. Does your shop carry those greater Canadian goose biots? Can we order the correct hand wing? (i tie right handed so I'd need biots from the left wing, correct?) Thanks
Charlie, beautiful fly tying. Q: Why not apply the head cement on the post prior to wrapping the hackle? Q: When the hackle is wrapped, why not put dubbing on the thread so that there’s no bare thread as you bring it around the hook towards the eye? Q: Does the long poly post not interfere with the flight during casting? Twisting or landing upside down or sideways?
I do t like to tie off the hackle with dubbed thread as that extra bit of thread thickness can push the hackle up into a cone and reduce its surface area. I’ve don’t it with the tiniest amount of dubbing but don’t see it as a huge improvement.
very few mayflys and mudges left on many western rivers.Scientists and FG needs to investigate and take action.They should know insect biomass per mile of river not only trout per mile.
Canada goose biots are not available commercially in this natural color. You have to get them from a hunter. I would be happy to include one in your next order. If you email me through the Shop and remind me. I have a limited supply but I am happy to share.. How’s that for checking my work?
I’m not sure how the parachute adams got its reputation for being a tough fly to tie. I find these to be almost idiot-proof once you have a routine. There are so many ways to tie one effectively, you can just find what works for you and that’s that. To be honest, hares ears, practically on page one of “fly tying for dummies” have always given me a tougher time. I guess it goes to show that everyone’s different in that regard.
Your way to tie off from the parachute post to the hook eye leaves a piece of thread visible. Why not cover it with a tiny bit of dubbing? A bare piece of thread is ugly
I have a couple of suggestions for video production. If you are going to use a black background, use light grey posting material as it will look white without over exposing as in your video. The other suggestion would be preset your exposure setting off a 18 % grey card. You need to be able to disable the auto metering of the camera.
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The addition of head cement to the hackle and letting the capillary action do its thing... MIND BLOWN!
"This is the way!" I come back to this video periodically in anticipation of tying a parachute pattern of any kind.
I gotta say that among the thousands of PA tying vids out there in UA-cam University, I found this one to be by far the best. Even downloaded it to my Mac.
amen ....
Such a long video but many of the little details really helped. Other videos make it look easy easier until you try to do it yourself. Thanks for putting so much thought into it.
Thank you for very valuable video. After watching hundreds of videos and reading several books I found you the best. I recommend your books to everyone fly tiers who want to learn right way to tie flies!
after two months of searching I finally was able to find some greater Canadian goose feathers! Apparently there's some kind of insane rule about selling migratory bird feathers! At least that's what I heard from a couple places. The place I bought them from was trying to get clarification from the feds about this and couldn't get anyone to answer the question. So they finally said what the heck and shipped them out to me. You're absolutely correct that a size #14 is pretty much the max size you'll get from these biots. They're really perfect for #16 and #18. Thanks again for all the tips. Who knew I've been tying parachutes wrong for all these years!😁
I love this style of video on the classic patterns. The tips are extremely useful thank you for taking the time to break all this down!
This was so much help I have been struggling to make them for years. Thanks
As a lefty, I love this guy’s vids. Also, straight up: this is the best parachute instruction I’ve seen. I tie this bad boy just like this and with also a quill body. Also in pale yellow. Oatka Creek Brown trout don’t stand a chance on this one.
Yup , piles & piles🎣 . A fly that will never get old and catch fish everywhere :-) another great video production 🐓
That is one beautiful tie!!
Charlie, your tying videos are by far the best out here in the YT universe! Thank you for putting the time in to share your expertise. Just a note on the description, the goose biot is not listed in the materials list. Tight lines! 🎣
thanks again charlie. i have a lot of trouble whip finishing these guys, your trick is awesome!
Excellent! Couldn't be better. Hope to get to tying these soon. I'm sure it'll float like a cork!
Haha .. talented and witty!thanks for keeping it fresh, you really are an excellent teacher and artist!
Quality video, thanks for the little tips!!!
Love your videos extremely helpful thank you
Excellent lesson and teaching method. Thank you!
I brought charlies book called charlies fly box its got great photos of flys he has tie.I love the book. Charlie is a excellent fly tyer he shows every tieing like wings bodie he does a neat job.
That would be a great Iso pattern for late season Pennsylvania fishing!
Wrapping that concave unity of feathers is key in parachutes if you want maximum body profile in the surface film. Nice job! Another of my fav to fish in surface film is an X-caddis and change up body colors for hatch varieties. Peace.
Fine job Charlie,thanks for taking the time so us mere mortals can give it a good crack lol
Beautiful fly, Charlie
Well tied, thanks! 👍
Sorry Sir...I guess I left too soon! TWO lessons learned. :-) Thanks again.
Fantastic video
Great video. I know what I’m doing today
Very nice executed! Greetings from Greece. In the recipe you dont include what kind of grey black biot are you using. Can you give more details?
Great tie! Love the biot tail! Probably some bass fisherman tossing soft plastics who hit the thumbs down!?
Really love the video quality that you achieve with these - can you describe the video set up that you have to create these? Thanks very much.
Hi Charlie, love your videos BTW. I’m an old fly tier of about 25 years and cut my teeth on calf body posts and wings. :) In this video you said that you use half a strand of mcflylon for a #16 fly. How about for a # 14 and a #12 and so forth? I’m trying to get a feel for how to use the mcflylon most effectively.
Are you a left handed tyer?I am and you could wick your cement down base of wing instead of on hackle less likely to make mess on dubbing. Good tying enjoyed it . Been tying for60 yrs but pick up tricks from other tiers all the time. Thanks Jim😊
Four points I'd like to offer:
1. Barry Ord Clark's method is even better - turning the hook to whip finish the hackle turns.
2. Charlie is right about the excellent Tiemco 16/0 thread. Semperfli 18/0 is even better - if you can find a source. Outstanding thread.
3. Charlie has some great Canada goose biots there. Difficult to find Canada goose biots that long. They make beautifully marked bodies.
4. If you can find a source, Tiemco High Viz Dry Wing makes the best post material. Expensive, but worth it.
1. Whip finishing on the post creates too much bulk and fidgety vise machinations for my taste. Those extra wraps don’t need to be on the post.
2. CFB has piles of 18/0 Semperfli…not hard to find at all.
3. You’re right.
4. Dry wing is cool stuff, no doubt, but I’ve not found it to be any better in this application.
My two cents.
Thanks, Charlie. @@CharliesFlyBox You tie super-clean dressings.
The 18/0 Semperfli is so thin and strong, a four turn whip finish on the post amounts to near nil extra bulk.
The High Viz Dry Wing is just SO visible, particularly as the light fails. Perhaps try it? I use the orange, which just pops!
excellent video charlie...u must have enjoyed making it as i did watching it and in all the excitement you never clipped the butt ends of the 2 hackles...i dont know about colorado but here on the east coast no deserving trout would ever eat that particular fly even if you were able to get your tippet through the eye to tie it on..
termite122 HAHAHAHA! I’ve been wondering when someone would notice that! For the record, it threaded just fine ;)
hahahaha
The video must have been edited because I don’t see that. I do see, however, he forgot to trim the post on the second fly...
Charlie...nice job and thanks. HOWEVER...I was excited to see how you were going to fix that common problem you mentioned whereby the hackle(s) sometimes decide to spin and orient themselves opposite the way you would like them to wind. Since they apparently did not twist, we never got to see the fix. Do you have any reference for that fix somewhere?
It’s at the very end of the video at 23:32…I added it to the end!
Charlie,
Thank you for the great content! I learn each time I watch one of your videos.
I started tying the Parachute Adams per your instructions, but I have a question about the post. How long should the wrapped post be (the part that will be wrapped with the hackle)? I'm tying a size 14 and want to be sure I'm proportioning the post correctly. Can you provide some guidance?
Thanks Charlie.
ed
I hesitate to give an actual measurement as it will change proportionally with the size of the fly you’re tying, but the post is about 20% of the shank length tall…the distance from the hook eye to the wing is about the same as the height of the post, and the wing is tied in at about the 80% point. You could maybe stretch that post to closer to 25% if you wanted to heavily hackle the fly. Hope that helps!
Thanks Charlie, That's what I was looking for! I needed a percentage of the post height. As you stated, I'm going to tie multiple sizes, in my case #14 and #16, so each will have different length wrapped posts. I appreciate your help!
Hey Charlie. Why do you wrap your post in the opposite direction that you tie the body of the fly? I’m right handed so I wrap counter clockwise as you say but I’m not sure I understand why.
Wow, as a left handed person who has watched right handed Tyers it took me a view or two to eat used to our content...like driving on the wrong side of the road.
Another great video. Only one suggestion: it would be helpful to list all materials used at end of video.
richard duplessie the materials are listed at the end! Starting at about minute 27.
Nice, very well done Charlie. You can soak your Biots in a little Mineral oil or Vegetable oil to make them not so brittle it doesn't take much.
Dave Hall I’ve tried this with stripped peacock quill but find that they gum up a bit over time. Have you seen this?
@@CharliesFlyBox Yes, your correct over time the dust& dirt take over. Time to tie more flies by then. All good flies come to an end.
Big fan of your channel! Do you tie something that closely resembles a Brook Trout minnow? Thanks for any advice. 👍✌
Other than suspending the fly does colour of hackle really make a difference???
Isnt the hackle the wings? I thought the parachute top was just for visibility lol
Nice!👍🏻👍🏻
Absolute legend
Do you ever use a fluorescent red, orange, yellow or chartreuse on the wing? For us old and really poor vision people...
Thanks and keep sharing. I love the videos and your book!!
Is there any disadvantage in tying say a purple colored post instead of a white post for this fly? I figure the white post is better for matching the hatch, but a colored post would be better for visibility.
Where do you purchase your biots for this pattern. I’m struggling to locate those biots that give a dark rib.
Charlie, so glad to see you are making more videos. I really like the way you dissect every step and offer work-arounds for those tricky situations. I order some long goose biots from your Website (like the new formate BTW) . I tried them on a #12 dry fly hook but the most I could get was about 4+ turns which wasn't enough to cover the abdomen. I also noticed that the striping which gives the fly in your video such a great look is very faint or non-existent in the lighter colors i.e., Light Cahill. I got creative with a Sharpie and it came out OK. Any suggestions before I go back to using stripped peacock herl?
Tom Cooper it’s really rare to find a goose biot long enough for a size 12. #14 is about as big as I can manage.
As for the dark edge, it has to be a natural Canada goose biot, not a white domestic version dyed to whatever color. Only the wild critters have that dark edge.
Would it be possible do do the same thing you did with the biot with micro-tubing like you do the jujubee?
I apologize, not micro-tubing but super hair.
yo charlie…. your a fucking wizard with the thread🤯
Hi Charlie, very inspiring pattern thank you. In the description it says that body is made of superfine dubbing but you use dubbing for the thorax. Please, could you tell me wich kind of biot did you use for the body in this video, I really like this material... Thanks again.
Canadian Goose.
Slick!
I cannot find natural goose biots anywhere
. everything in shops around here are dyed or bleached
I’m sure you’ve answered this countless times but why do you wrap the thread back hand as opposed to over hand?
Fryrot3 backhand? I know it’s hard to tell with the videos but I wrap my thread over the top of the hook away from me and the camera is on the far side of the fly...make sense?
Charlie's Fly Box oh ok my apologies. It looks like you were wrapping the thread towards you. I thought it was another Craven trick haha.
That is really a beautiful version of a parachute Adams! I'm definitely going to give those a try. Does your shop carry those greater Canadian goose biots? Can we order the correct hand wing? (i tie right handed so I'd need biots from the left wing, correct?) Thanks
Charlie, beautiful fly tying.
Q: Why not apply the head cement on the post prior to wrapping the hackle?
Q: When the hackle is wrapped, why not put dubbing on the thread so that there’s no bare thread as you bring it around the hook towards the eye?
Q: Does the long poly post not interfere with the flight during casting? Twisting or landing upside down or sideways?
I don’t like putting head cement on the post first as it can gum up the hackle in the case of a mis-step. After the fact is my best bet..
I do t like to tie off the hackle with dubbed thread as that extra bit of thread thickness can push the hackle up into a cone and reduce its surface area. I’ve don’t it with the tiniest amount of dubbing but don’t see it as a huge improvement.
The long post makes no difference in the casting properties but all the difference in the visual category. Sorry for three separate answers there!
OK, thank you Charlie.
very few mayflys and mudges left on many western rivers.Scientists and FG needs to investigate and take action.They should know insect biomass per mile of river not only trout per mile.
Failed to make the list: Canadian Goose Biot. Is there no such thing as check your work before posting? thx
Canada goose biots are not available commercially in this natural color. You have to get them from a hunter. I would be happy to include one in your next order. If you email me through the Shop and remind me. I have a limited supply but I am happy to share.. How’s that for checking my work?
I’m not sure how the parachute adams got its reputation for being a tough fly to tie. I find these to be almost idiot-proof once you have a routine. There are so many ways to tie one effectively, you can just find what works for you and that’s that. To be honest, hares ears, practically on page one of “fly tying for dummies” have always given me a tougher time. I guess it goes to show that everyone’s different in that regard.
The tips on biots was very helpful. #HateBiots
I want to catch piles and piles of fish everyday
You sound like iron man
GREAT idea to get even tipped tails. That's been a very annoying process
Your way to tie off from the parachute post to the hook eye leaves a piece of thread visible. Why not cover it with a tiny bit of dubbing? A bare piece of thread is ugly
You lost me in the first minute, when you said I’m going to use a 16/0 thread. You can’t get this.
😢
I have a couple of suggestions for video production. If you are going to use a black background, use light grey posting material as it will look white without over exposing as in your video. The other suggestion would be preset your exposure setting off a 18 % grey card. You need to be able to disable the auto metering of the camera.