Beetle

[Micke.H 0]

One little Beetle from my vice

 

[mikechell 0]

That's a good looking beetle.

[vicente 0]

Very nice.

[Bugsy 0]

That's a great representation of a beetle. Fine tying skill and good eye. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like some info on materials and techniques used. Thanks for posting.

[Micke.H 0]

Thanks, and here is the recipe

 

Hook;curved hook size 12

 

Tread;black uni 8/0

 

Legs; Black small wire as I bent to resemble legs and antennae

 

Body; Black foam I tie in the foam back of the hook and tie it down on the hook to the body shape I want, bigger to the end of the hook and smaller to the head you can cut it like this ()

then I have used dark gray dub to the body under the foam between the legs,I stroke some clear lacquer on the foam and let it dry and so it looks like a hard shell

 

Eyes; Burnt nylon painted whit black lacquer

 

you can change the color of the foam and legs and you get different bugs

 

I hope it was understandable ?

[Bugsy 0]

Thank you Micke. I will surely make some attempts at it.

[Micke.H 0]

Thank you Micke. I will surely make some attempts at it.

You are welcome

[ggmiller 0]

Micke:

Thanks for sharing that! I really like it, nice and simple.

Will be tying some of these up soon.