Foam Cicada Bodies with Eyes

As featured by The Fly Smith, our pre-cut foam cicada kit makes it easy to tie lifelike, durable cicadas.

How to tie:

1. Attach thread to hook and wrap it a third of the way toward the bend of the hook.
   
   
   
2. Insert the eye of the hook into the hole in the foam body.
   
   
   
3. Place the tab on the underside of the hook and secure it in place.
   
   
   
4. Apply foam safe glue to the middle of the head and glue in the eyes.
   
   Use the cutout to align the center of the eyes with the shank of the hook. Avoid getting glue toward the outside of the eyes or they won’t be able to be adjusted.
   
   
5. Tie in ribbing material.
   
   
   
   
6. Advance the thread to the beginning of the thorax.
   
   
7. Tie in a tapered strip of 2mm foam behind the thorax and secure it down the length of the hook and advanced the thread back to the thorax.
   
   
   
8. Wrap the 2mm foam, overlapping each wrap, until you get to the head and tie it off.
   
   
   
9. Wrap the ribbing material to just behind the thorax and tie it off.
   
   
10. Half-hitch just behind the thorax and run your thread down the top of the body and wrap a few wraps at the back of the body.
    
    
    
    
11. Apply glue to the center of the eyes and down the body.
    
    
    
12. Glue the head down to the eyes and press the body down into place.
    
    
    
    
13. Create the first segment.
    
    
    
14. Advance the thread to the next segment on top of the body and create the next segment.
    
    
    
    
15. Advance the thread to the next segment on top of the body to form the head.
    
    
    
    
16. Tie in legs, crystal flash, and wing material at the head and whip finish over the wing.
    
    
17. Adjust the eyes as necessary by pinching them toward the eye of the hook.