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I'm done here, cancel my account I'll find another place to ask questions in the future

Well shit, is my fly going to work or not? I think I'll go back to big gaudy streamers and deal with the casting pains

After unpacking all this information here goes. My original purpose for this fly was something in a 12 or 14 for those times size doesn't matter to the fish as much, and something with the hook lower to the surface hoping for more hookups than my high floater also wanted horizontal thinking about dry/dry and dry dropper with good flotation I'll get emerger styles eventually Starting with a thin post in the neighborhood of the hookeye size additionally some UV viagra to stiffen things up, hackel wrapped top to bottom hackle fibers pointed down ( layers up and back down optional) thread wrapped and finished on the post to sink down a bit more with hackle fiber tail and thread or dubbed body. Any suggestions otherwise welcomed

Thanks Mike I'll check them out

Keep derailing I've just begun my dry fly tieing journey so my learning curve is a bit behind but I'll find a pattern that fits both purposes. "can't" is the ultimate challenge to me so we'll see how it turns out.

Thanks for the information silvercreek my goal with this fly is to get it deeper in the film and be able to us a dropper at times so max floatation is Important with a finger whip Finish I can tie off on the post also want to experiment with Flaglers idea of UV glue on the post and no whip finish. good thing spring is a ways off up here i'll need the time.

I consider the hook eye to be outside edge to outside edge, the entire donut not just the hole, but that gets me closer considering my first few look like tree stumps

The diameter of the hook eye is what I aimed for. Im planning to do them assembly line style and do posts on all the hooks first and hit them with UV resin and didn't want to make a big mistake on size. thanks for the help

Recovering from some shoulder issues this summer I switched to a 3wt and dry flies, I may not go back . So now I have started tieing for next season and parachute flies are on my list, making the post hasn't been my problem but trying to figure out how thick(wide) to make them has. Is there a rule of thumb for different hook sizes? I'm using FTD Congo hair fibers (EP fibers) for the post because I have a lot and in different colors so I can adjust as needed. Will a fatter post give better flotation or Is thinner better. Probably seems like a trivial question but before I tie up dozens I'd like to figure it out.

For something unique broken twig nets are solid a bit big but with a long handle

Shoulder issues required a lighter rod and different casting style so I have switched for now, but I'll be back

Been fly fishing for 40 years just starting to understand things a little recovering streamer junkie turned dry fly addict. I'll go sit in the corner out of the way now Clip