Sent this earlier and it bounced, trying again. Tony
The way I do it it is part tying and part gluing. > I tie in two strands of peacock herl,apply glue to > the > hook shank, wrap fwd to where I tie in the rear legs > > (I use rubber legs or epoxyied thread) wrap fwd > again > to the front legs. Tie in the legs, then fwd again > and > tie off. Leave some herl beyond the hook eye for the > front feelers. Groove out the bottom of the bean > with > a jewlers round file and glue on top of the herl. > Tony > > --- Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Allan F. > > > > I did run though the instructions for the CBB. Are > > we talking about > > fly-TYING or fly-GLUEING.? > > > > And about materials: I do like to ty with the > > traditionals - even I use > > synthetics as well - sometimes. > > But I don't care if I catch one or 2 fish more or > > less. If it would be > > only about the catching, I would use dynamite. > > Rene > > > > > > Allan Fish wrote: > > > > > Bringing back memories for me. I just now > realized > > it's been ten years > > > since I tied the coffee bean beetle for a swap. > > Hmmmmmmm. Why are all > > > my 'times' getting to be longer ago????? > > > > > > http://members.tripod.com/~outdoorsman/terest.htm#coffee%20bean%20beetle > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
