Ed
At 08:08 PM 7/31/03, you wrote:
Janet -
Coffee Bean Beetles are extremely effective flies. One thing you have to look out for though is if you catch a fish on one that might be a candidate for an IGFA record. Mark Marmon, who guides down on Bray's Bayou near Houston caught what would have been the world flyrod record Grass Carp (White Amur). The IGFA dis-allowed the record because the fly he caught the fish on was a Coffee Bean Beetle. The logic being that he was using "Bait". Apparently they said that the scent of the coffee bean probably leeched out into the water enticing the fish to take the "fly".
My Coffee Bean Beetles are so heavily laquered that there is little chance of scent leeching out of them. There is an equally slim chance of me landing an IGFA record, so I doubt I will stop fishing the Coffee Bean Beetle.
- Gary
P. S. Mark tells me that of all the CBBs that he has fished with over the years, he sees no added advantage to putting legs on them. His are simply a coffe bean that is glued to the hook shank.
- g~
At 05:37 PM 7/31/03, you wrote:
I saw some cool looking beetles made with coffee beans. They're kind of flat on one side and rounded on the other. Wind a hackle on the hook for legs, then make a slit in the flat side of the bean and glue it to the hook. Add antenae if desired.
Janet
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