the Beetles ar coming!

[dr korn]

Doug,
Do you just eyeball the width of the foam based on hook size, or do you have a chart of hook size/foam width?

Byron a good rule of thumb is 1/4 inch on 14's and 3/16's on 16-18's....YMMV. I use a paper cutter to cut my foam since I tie so many, this makes for nice strips of foam that I can get a 1/2 dozen beetles or more out of.

[dr korn]

Doug,

Will this suffice? My peacock herl is not the best, so I layed an underbody of "peacock" ice dubbing before wrapping the real peacock. Seems to provide a robust body.
Thanks,
Byron

That'll work just fine....

[Byron haugh]

Doug,
I keep messing around. I have a zelon dubbing selection. One of the colors is "Tiger Beetle Black". Thought it would be suitable for a beetle?