"Fuzzy" Biot Body Alternative for Tiny Flies

[Joe Billingsley]

Some of you may not have the problems I have trying to wrap a biot body on an extremely small fly, and a lot of you may do this already, but what I have started to do to alleviate my lack of talent is to tie in a single pheasant tail fiber of the appropriate color, wrap a thread body, dab it with small amount of super glue, and then rib it with the pheasant tail fiber while the glue is still wet. The result is a body that looks just like a biot body with the fuzzy ribbing but without the bulky tying off point that I have with the biot. It is as strong as the biot, if not stronger, and I have a lot less headaches. I don't have the capabilities to show a picture of it or I would. Sorry.

Joe

[NJTroutbum]

A great technique that I had never tried! Thanks for sharing Joe.

Ralph

[Rick Z]

I tie most of mine with the quill on the opposite side from the biots.

Rick

[Steven]

For very small flies, I do this as well.

[Byron haugh]

Walter Wiese of Park's Fly Shop put out a video of doing the same thing, but using a single fiber of turkey round.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5shXe-303lE

[DUB]

Worked pretty good Joe. Thanks for the tip.

[Bruce Norikane]

Walter Wiese of Park's Fly Shop put out a video of doing the same thing, but using a single fiber of turkey round.

Looks great!

What is a turkey round? In the video, he said that it's from a different part of turkey than biots.

Thanks for any help

[Bruce Norikane]

... tie in a single pheasant tail fiber of the appropriate color, wrap a thread body, dab it with small amount of super glue, and then rib it with the pheasant tail fiber while the glue is still wet. The result is a body that looks just like a biot body with the fuzzy ribbing ...

Joe

Joe - Do you wrap it in touching turns like in Dub's photo?

or more open, like a rib showing the thread body.

BTW - this is a great technique, and much quicker than biots. Thanks

[Joe Billingsley]

Bruce,
I wrap it in open turns like a rib showing the thread body. By sometimes using a lighter colored thread with a darker pheasant fiber, you get the same segmented look as the darker fuzzy edge of the biot.

Joe