At a recent Missouri River Flyfishers meeting we
had an excellent guest, Brent Taylor, who is a guide and tier in
Dillon, MT. He was doing a presentation about fishing
in Chile. He said when he was there, a productive fly
was the dung beetle. For the tying part of the meeting
he tied this dung beetle.
"This is a very simple fly to tie, but I wanted to
tie it to show you a tip on putting on the rubber legs," he
said. He took a straight sewing needle that you can
get at any craft store. This needle was big enough to
fit the rubber legs through the eye. He took the rubber
leg, and threaded it into the eye of the needle. Then
he put the needle in at an angle into the foam so the
rubber legs were a little bit longer on one side and
so they were not quite parallel to the body. So now
the legs aren't tied in and they are held in
by the foam. Next, he took super glue and put a dab
on the side that stuck out a little long. Then he pulled
the legs so they were equal on each side. He said
to make sure not to use too much super glue though
because the chemicals in the glue will eat away at
the rubber legs. That's all there is to it and the
legs should be able to take quite a bit of abuse from fish
attacks. ~ Cole Martin
Please check out the Fly Tying Section, on the Bulletin Board, here at FAOL too.
If you have any questions, tips, or techniques; send them to
publisher@flyanglersonline.com
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