I saw some damsel flies tied with coffee straws. extended body, short piece melted and smashed at the ends.
Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:21 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] Straws > > > I've been experimenting with using some neon colored straws tied onto > streamer hooks to make pencil poppers. After the straw is in place, I > stuff it with foam. Not quite ready for prime time. Anyone else ever try > this? > > Ed Engelman > > At 11:42 AM 8/16/2005, you wrote: > >We use the big drinking straws also for deer hair bass bugs. You can spin > >the hair on up to the collar and slide the straw over it to hold it back out > >of the way while you spin the head of the bug. Once the head is trimmed and > >shaped carefully cut off the straw and shape the collar of the bug. Very > >useful things those straws!!! Wendy's here has the big fat straws and those > >work best on deerhair. > >Deb > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >Behalf Of Tony Spezio > >Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:28 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Thread again > > > >I see no one had replied. Here goes. > >The straw is filled with Glo Bug Yarn using a long wire hook. The yarn > >is brought out of the end of the straw enough to make an egg . The > >exposed yarn is tied to the hook shank. A bit more yarn is pulled from > >the straw after it is tied on the hook shank and cut off just above the > >straw end leaving enough yarn exposed for the next Glo Bug. The yarn > >will flare out into a Glow Bug Egg. > >That is a quick and dirty way to make Glow Bug Eggs. You can buy a tool > >like this for making the Glow bugs, it is a wire hook and three > >different size plastic tubes. > >Tony > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > In a message dated 8/15/2005 4:37:30 PM Central Daylight Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > McDonalds straws beware!!! > > > > > > ??? I don't get it??? > > > Del > > > >
