Now that I could do, cause around here they have a brand in the "Winn Dixie" Grocery Stores called 8'oclock coffee that is our FAV, and the beans are whole in the bag, and you grind it yourself, right before you buy it, so I'll open the bag and leave in a few whole beans before grinding the rest next time, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] My Potato Beetle Fly > Coffee bean and hot glue on top of a peacock body with a few legs works > good too. > > Jerry > WY > > At 02:00 PM 8/4/05 -0500, you wrote: > >Folks: My wife and kids LOVE Sunflower seeds, and were eating them the > >other day when i was tying some foam beetles, so I took a standard foam > >beetle pattern... Wrapped 4-5 strands of peacock herl for the "legs" all > >along the hook shank.. then, took a half of a sunflower seed, and used CA > >(super glue) glue to glue that shell to the peacock herl... then, Since > >most beetles have shiny wings etc.. i painted the shell with a cpl layers > >of hard as nails clear... Well, yesterday afternoon, by golly that thing > >caught fish LOL.. Just a few Small Bluegill, but fish nonetheless.. Only > >thing I'm gonna change next time, it that the shell floated, and the fish > >are in deeper cooler water, so I'll wrap a few turns of lead wire around > >the shank...The striped pattern on the sunflower shells looks just like > >"Potato Beetles" that are EVERYWHERE around here, so I guess the fish have > >eaten those before... Chuck >
