Arizona does not have very large prolific hatches of insects, but many times as I am standing knee deep in the water, a small hatch of some small fly fills the air around me. This particular pattern is a simple variation of a parachute tied on a curved hook and I prefer tying this fly on smaller hooks ranging from #16-#20. The materials are minimal: Gray thread, gray hackle, and Sulky Holoshimmer “thread” (it is actually more of an extremely thin ribbon). The fly is very similar to an Adams, but the Sparkle parachute seems to be more productive, especially in the mid mornings or early evenings when those small gray/white bugs are dancing through the air.
Basic instructions: Thin thread base. Tie in a couple strands of holoshimmer thread for tail. I tie a thread body and skip the dubbing as I believe it becomes too bulky. Tie in the post and wrap the hackle. Whip finish and head cement. Pretty easy and extremely productive. If you have need for more specific instructions, shoot me a question in the comments below.
Note: I found the Sulky Holoshimmer thread at Joanne Fabrics in multiple different colors. The nice thing about this material is that it is extremely durable and it comes on a spool of 250 yards. I have a hard time believing that I’ll be running through that anytime soon. I have it in green, gold, red, and the silver pictured above and it makes extremely nice ribbing on some of my nymphs.
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Hi Ben,
Thanks for the recipe on the sparkle parachute. I have used the Sulky thread since I saw it mentioned on Winona Fly Factory blog. It really picks up the light well, but I have a little difficulty managing it sometimes. I was wondering if you transfer it to an old thread spool before you use it or do you manage it some other way.
I’ve been using simi seal for my buggers since I saw your description earlier this year. I caught some nice fish, including the largest of my trip when I was fishing a simi seal bugger on the southfork of the Shoshone in August. I really enjoy your blog and check it several times a week.
Glenn
Glenn,
That is really awesome to hear. Glad the simi-seal bugger is doing the trick up there. The sparkle parachute is a great bug to tie (although I myself am running a little low with so little hackle on the market.) I do not re-spool it. Typically if I am tying up a pattern that requires it, I will peel off 6 or 12 inches to work with. It is certainly not ideal but it does the trick for me. (the other thing is I don’t want to mess around with re-spooling 300 yards of that shimmer thread.) I am going to put the Sparkle Parachute tutorial on my list of things to do. I’ll see if I can have that up in the next couple of weeks. It is a great pattern and one of my favorites when fish are being picky. Glenn, thanks again for the kind words. Always nice to hear that someone is enjoying the ramblings I put up here. Stay in touch. Tight lines.
Ben