Biots

[jalama]

i have been tying jitterbees using 2 rubber legs instead of biots for quite some time. i discovered biots in my stash that i did not know i had and tried using them for the pattern. is there some secret to tying those things to the hook? i think the ones i wound up with might make the fish leave the lake. they don't look anything like the illustrations i have seen. any input welcomed!!!!

[NewTyer 1]

Pictures might help so we can see what your talking about.

[EdD]

I think you want to use goose biots for legs and save the turkey biots to wrap for the bodies.

Ed

[jalama]

sorry for being so vague, don't have enough sense to post a picture but i am using goose biots, totally ignorant about turkey biots, and they point every direction and plane imaginable other than side by side in scissor fashion pointing backwards in line or on plane of hook shank, i.e. real ugly. are they supposed to be tied on seperately or as a pair?

[rainbowchaser]

Begin by making a very small ball of dubbing or thread at the point where the tails will be attached. Remove two biots from the quill and tie one on one side of the hook against the side of the hook shank with the concave side against the shank. If you make only a loose wrap or two you can adjust the biot before locking it down with a couple wraps going back toward the ball of dubbing. Do the same thing on the other side.

[aged_sage]

As noted, tie them in separately.