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Beetle Bug
Tied by Linda Foote |
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Hook: Any nymph or scud hook #20-14
Thread: Black or Olive 8/0
Head: Metallic glass bead
Underbody: Olive Antron Dubbing
Shell Back: Peacock Angel Hair (Angler's Choice)
Tail: Peacock Angel Hair (Angler's Coice)
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| Tying Instructions |
| De-barb the hook. Slide the glass bead onto the hook, all the
way up to the hook eye. Wrap the hook with a good thread base
to the hook bend, starting behind the bead. To create the tail
and shell back, cut off a clump of angel hair about diameter of
a toothpick. Tie in the angel hair at the hook bend. The tail
should be equal to or less than the length of the hook shank.
Wrap the thread forward a few wraps, securing the angel hair,
then pull the excess angel hair back toward the tail. Wrap the
thread back to the hook bend. This excess will be pulled forward
later, to create the shell back. Dub the body, making it a little
larger through the mid section. Do not dub tight up against the
bead. Bring the excess angel hair forward, and tie off behind
the bead. Whip finish. |
| Fishing Tips |
For stillwaters, try a variety of retrieves: short and fast, long and
slow, or a mixture of the two.
For rivers, dead drift. |
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