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This is more of a class of flies rather than just a fly. Perhaps the best known Para Dun Emerger is the Parachute Adams. It was derived form the Adams Irresistible and whilst the Irresistible sits high on the surface film the parachute version sits comfortably in the film making it a very useful emerger pattern.

There are many ways to create a post upon which the parachute hackle is tied and a number of the more popular options are detailed below.
Unless white is needed for ease of identification of the fly in low light or moving water it's a good idea to match the colour of the post to the colour of the emerging wing on the natural.

Baetis emergers

Tan #14 tan tail and body, brown wings emerging and ginger hackle.
Brown #14 brown / olive tail and body, brown wings emerging and brown hackle.
Pale watery #14 light olive / gray tail, gray / olive body, grey wings emerging and light olive hackle.
Blue winged olive #14 olive tail and body, bluish grey wings emerging and grey and olive hackle wound together.
Grey #12 adams colours suit this fly as detailed below.
Black #16 all black.

Caenis emergers

Grey #16 dress as for an adams.
Brown #16 all brown.

Leptophlebiidae, oniscigastridae and kosciuszko emergers

Black spinner #12 charcoal to black.
Red spinner #12 burgundy to red.
Lambda dun #12 ginger tail, gray body, brown wing emerging and ginger hackle.
March brown #12 olive / brown tail and body, brown wing emerging and brown and ginger hackles wound together.
Twilight beauty #12 dark ginger tail, black body, gray / black wing emerging and ginger cock hackle
Highland dun (Tasmania particularly) #12 dark brown / olive tail, body and wing emerging with brown and olive hackle wound together.
Green drake #12 all olive green.
Kosciuszko #12 all cream / beige.

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Materials

Process

A	Starting at the 95% position wind thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook. Understanding hooks Tie in a hackle tail that is equal in length to the shank of the hook. Different types of tails Return the thread 2/3 of the way up the hook shank.

B	Tie in a post.

C	Dub a carrot shaped body along the shank of the hook between the bend of the hook and the post. Single strand dubbing

D	Tie in a hackle at the post. Dry fly hackles

E	Wind the hackle round the post taking each turn of hackle below the previous turn. Tie the hackle off in front of the post and trim the hackle butt whilst holding the hackle out of the way. Apply a little dubbing to the thread and whilst holding the hackle out of the way with your left hand apply dubbing in front of the hackle post. Trim the post down to size.

F	Build up a neat head whip finish and varnish. Neat thread heads

G	View from above.

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