Crawfish/Crustacean Eyes

[Robert M 0]

What do you usually use for crustacean eyes?

Melted mono, dumbells, beadchain?

I've also used straight pins with the round ball on the end two slightly bent work well.

I like floral picks for shrimp eyes there are some nice oval shaped seed lookin things that work well for these.

 

What else have you used for crustacean eyes?

[Jaydub 0]

I saw a crawfish I liked (might even have been on this site), that had eyes made from the bristles from a hair brush. One of those brushes that has bristles with little balls on the end. I searched around and found a suitable one at the dollar store.

[FishyboY 0]

i use beadchain eyes. never been very good at the mono thing

[buggybob 0]

Glass beads on mono with an epoxy coating. Lots of color possibilities from a bead store.

[Steve P 0]

Mono, bead chain, straight pins, really all depends on what I feel I need for that particular application. Most of the time it's mono or mono with a glass bead dipped in epoxy.

 

Steve

[eastern fly 0]

I like the hair brush. I have two different sizes. with the little black balls on them.

 

Kevin

[neoFLYte 0]

I agree. The hairbrush thing is the best idea I've seen. I've yet to get the hang of making mono eyes. More often than not, mine come out looking pretty crude.

 

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