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The authors of “The Fly Tiers Bench-side Reference” previewed this new concept in emerger flies in the Fall 2002 issue of Fly-fishing & Tying Journal. You can apply this technique to almost any of your favourite nymphs as long as you remember to substitute light materials for any materials in the fly that adds undue weight. In the example below  I have used a fuzzy nymph and simply changed the ribbing material to 1mm brown holographic tinsel, the wing casing to a feather slip and added the parasol.

It's not a fly that you will use every day but it can be useful when fish are taking just below the surface. Fish it on a floating line and don't forget to apply some floatant to the parasol.

Materials

Process

A	Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook. Understanding hooks Tie in a tail equal 1/2 to 2/3 the length of the hook shank. Resist the temptation to make the tail too bulky and too long. Tails on flies Tie in a length of holographic tinsel. Creating body segments

B	Dub on a body starting at almost nothing and gradually increasing in width along the back 1/2 to 2/3 of the fly. Don't worry if you have made the body a bit long as you can incorporate the excess body in the thorax of the fly. Wind the Holographic tinsel along the body of the fly forming 5 or 6 segments. Tie the holographic tinsel off and trim the excess.

C	Tie in the wing casing material directly in front of where you want the body to finish. I have used a feather slip because you need to have a wing casing that can be split down the center to make room for the post of the parasol.

D	Take a length of 6lb tippet  material and make a sliding loop at one end. I have tied a uni knot .

E	Take a length of poly yarn place it through the loop and slide the knot closed so as to hold the poly yarn is position. I generally put a drop of super glue on the knot just to make sure that the poly yarn is locked into place. Slay the poly yarn out so that it looks a bit like an umbrella (parasol). Tie the parasol in in the rear half of the thorax area.

F	Stand the post up and take several wraps of thread in front of the post to hold it upright. To make sure the post is not going to come unstuck bring the tag end of the post forward and tie it off in front of the post.

G	Hold the back material out of the way and dub on the thorax making it about 50% thicker than the thickest part of the body. I like to have a little more dubbing behind the post than in front of the post.

H	Pull half of the wing casing material forward on each side of the post  and whilst holding it tight and in place tie it off just behind the eye of the hook. Trim the excess Wing casing material whip finish and varnish the thread head.

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