ROFL.. That is a good story.. and the "just pick em up off the floor" would be right down my alley Thanks for that tip LOL, I'll do it..... I'd love to see the managers face when I tell him I'm gonna use em for BAIT ROFL, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] My Potato Beetle Fly > Just pick the beans off the floor. I find them on the floor around the > coffee bean containers. I am not a coffee drinker so I don't have any on > hand. I came across the Coffee Bean Beetle some years ago in the book" > Ring of the Rise". It was first used in PA. > Someone had taken credit for it in a old Flytying magazine. It was a > person I showed it to at a show in N.J. > I have a funny story about the Coffee bean beetle. > I was tying at a show in Heber Springs Ar. There was this lady that came > by and was telling me about the tying class she was taking. She said the > instructor was a know it all and gave her an assignment to tie a coffee > bean beetle. He thinks I an a stupid lady and is trying to make me a > fool. She was the only female in the class. You should of seen the look > on her face when I told her that I have tied a lot of them. She thought > I was pulling her leg. She then said "I have to see this" I told her to > go to the local super market and get a few coffee beans off the floor > and come back with them. I still did not think she believed me. She was > a bit gruff and told me she would be back in an hour. She came back with > several beans and I tied a few for her. Not having my leg material I > used Peacock herl for the legs body and antenna, I know it would not be > durable if fished but that is all I could come up with at that time. I > run thread through some 5 minuet epoxy to make leg material. > She took the beetles and walked off saying "I'll show that S.O.B." I > said she was a bit gruff. I really don't know what she had on her mind. > Sometimes when I think about this, she might of thought I just made it > up to pull her leg. I will never know. > Tony > > > Chuck Alexander wrote: > > >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 > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > -- > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. > Experience the convenience of buying online with [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > >
