Parachute Black Gnat

The Parachute Black Gnat is a modern take on a classic attractor pattern, designed to offer the same simple, high-contrast profile that has fooled trout for generations while improving visibility and floatation for the angler. By replacing the traditional upright wings with a parachute post and horizontal hackle, the fly sits low and flush in the surface film, creating the exact footprint of a tiny terrestrial or dark, generic adult insect. Its clean silhouette excels during flat-light conditions, shaded banks, and calm water where fish scrutinize every detail. The pattern’s versatility is its real strength—fish it during small dark ant activity, midge clusters, or whenever trout are sipping unidentified specks off the surface, and it consistently produces.

Add just one loose turn of hackle behind the post before wrapping the parachute—this tiny “cradle wrap” steadies the fly in micro-currents and helps it land perfectly upright every time.