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Brown Beetle SBS
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More fun with spun caribou. Change colors to meet your Coleopteraic needs.
hook - Dai Riki 320 #12
thread - UTC 140 tan MFC 8/0 brown
abdomen - caribou spun/clipped
shell - Swiss Straw brown
wing - deer hair
shell rib - flat wax nylon black
feeler/antennae - Krystal Flash rootbeer
hackle - brown
Part 1
mash barb, start thread (140) at the back end
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tie in rib and shellback
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clean/trim a clump of caribou; 2 soft wraps, spin and pack
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repeat 2 more times; tie off and trim thread
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flip it over, lay a razor blade on the eye (to establish the underside) and push straight back
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Nice tie Scott. "Coleopteraic" - HMMMMMM, didn't I see that on the National Spelling Bee about round 56??:D
Mike