Electrostatic Buzzer

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This is a buzzer designed to work in the top layers during a rise. The benefit of the electrostatic film is that is becomes translucent and forms it's own rib during the tying eliminating the need for wire and also making the buzzer much slimmer.

 

Assuming that most viewing this are right handed tyers then we will proceed -

 

Materials -

 

Hook - Kamasan B100 size 12 or 14 (see note)

Thread - Black UTC

Body - strip cut from electrostatic envelope / bag

Breathers - split natural CDC puff

 

Preparing the electrostatic material is easy - lay out on thick card and trim away the seam from the side leaving the bag open. Depending on the size of hook you will have to cut strips accordingly.

NOTE - I have found that for size 12s, 2mm maximum and for size 14s you have to reduce this to 1,5mm.

Make sure that the cutting blade that you use is new as a blunt one will rag the edges of the film. Cut parallel strips of the width desired by placing a ruler over the bag and maintaining pressure on it as you cut. One strip from a 5" bag is enough for about 6 to 8 flies size 12.

 

 

 

Wind on your thread in tight touching turns until you reach the bend area

 

 

Prepare your strip of electrostatic film by cutting at an angle and tie in with long side down as shown, this eliminates bulk at the tail end

 

 

 

Return the thread back up the body again with tight touching turns

 

 

Wind the film up the body in turns that just overlap to produce the rib effect required

 

 

Complete the body to the eye of the hook - you are not going to finish the fly here

 

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Part two, the second part, following on from part one, the first part

 

 

 

Prepare your CDC puff - the one on the left is too big, the other next to it is fine, split the fibres equally and then tear it in two

 

 

Tie in the CDC breathers directly behind the hook eye securing well

 

 

Form the head with your thread trying to achieve a ball shape

 

 

I think that whip finishing by hand is better as you can control the positioning of the thread much easier and then varnish with SHHAN or black cellire

 

 

Once dry, pinch the breather fibres to the required length

 

The almost finished article showing the rib effect from the film

 

 

Fishing the buzzers as a pair suspended beneath an indicator fly with the first at 6" below and the second at 18" below the indicator. Fish them into the wind to allow the indicator to drift towards you and keep your line under control.

 

To see how effective looking these are, drop one into a glass of water and look at the body colouration - as near to the real thing as possible.

 

Here is a version tied as an indicator on a size 8 circle hook with a shocking pink spanflex collar

 

 

By changing the underlying thread colour of the base, you can achieve a range of effects on this buzzer, here it is Fire Orange Uni thread which gives a copper sheen when the electrostatic film is applied to the abdomen. Tyed a little bit differently with a wing case on this example.