EMERGERS

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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.
 

GREY MAYFLY EMERGER TIED ON A GREASY WOOL POST	PALE WATERY MAYFLY EMERGER TIED ON WHITE CALF TAIL POST	MARCH BROWN MAYFLY EMERGER TIED WITH BEAN BAG BEAD POST
KOSCIUSZKO DUN MAYFLY EMERGER TIED WITH A DEER HAIR POST	BLACK  EMERGER TIED WITH A CLOSED CELL FOAM POST	GREEN DRAKE EMERGER TIED WITH  A CLOSED CELL FOAM POST FOLDED OVER

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 / grey tail, grey / 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, grey 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, grey / 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.

MATERIALS FOR THE BLACK EMERGER TIED WITH A CLOSED CELL FOAM POST:

Hook -  Size 12 & 18
Silk -  Black
Tail -  Black hackle fibres
Body & Thorax  - Black dubbing
Post -  Black closed cell foam
Hackle  - Black

A) Starting at the 95% position wind thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook. Tie in a hackle tail that is equal in length to the shank of the hook. 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.
D) Tie in a hackle at the post.
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.