Easy Tie Beetle Part 1

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Here is a handy little terrestrial beetle that can be used in the New Zealand style with a buzzer about 8" below it

 

Righthanded tying assumed for this effort.

 

Materials -

 

Hook - Kamasan B830 size 10

Thread - UTC black

Body - 6 or 8mm booby eyes, black preferable but can be worked on

Abdomen - Black UV micro straggle fritz

 

 

Thread up your hook to the end of the shank

 

 

Select a booby eye or piece of booby cord slightly longer than the hook shank

 

 

Carefully split it in two with a craft knife or single edged razor blade

 

 

Tie in your fritz at the end of the shank

 

 

Then catch the end of the foam by about 1 mm with the thread and pull in tightly giving 3 or 4 turns

 

 

Raise the foam and run the thread up 2/3rds of the shank and follow with the fritz and secure it there

 

 

Part 2 - this way ->