I decided to use up some of the beads I had forgotten.
I know that I’ve ranted about using beads on spiders but these ones (150 mm) don’t look too
bad to my eye. I also decided to tie up some buzzers (chironomids).
It is also an exercise in photography, getting to know my camera again.
On the spider I used the flash, maybe I should have used it on the others?
Really liking those buzzers Donald. Great work as always.
Donald,
Can I get you to tell us the body material for the O. glass B. brown buzzer?
[b]Tyrone, I’ll get back to you, I shall take new pics of the buzzers and include recipes.
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[b]Here is a better picture,
The recipe is as follows,
Hook: #14 TMC 206BL
Body: Orange fluo thread.
Rib: Brown stretch floss.
Thorax: Ginger camel.
Head: Small black, followed by orange bead. Both glass.
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Thanks Donald!
But I don’t see the 6 inch diameter beads. 
Donald you are on a roll, keep it up.
I clicked on this thinking you were tying bees. Honey, need another cold one over here…
Hi Donald,
I really like that Orange glass bead one too. I really like how your use of the stretch floss rib gives it that segmented look, not only in terms of colour, but the extra bulk of the floss rib gives it the physical segmentation also. I don’t think I have camel dubbing, but I do have some ginger seal’s fur that would do the trick. Will have to use orange and black thread in the head area as I don’t have any beads, but I can live with that. Do you put a coat or two of cement over the bodies? Or is the flash just reflecting off the floss?
- Jeff
I’m really blown away with the body on those, especially (as jeff puts it) the segmentation with the bulk of the stretch floss rib. I’m thinking of getting some camel dubbing or improvising with what I have… not sure where to procure the camel dubbing here in the states (I haven’t looked though). Anyhow - great ties, and I really like the use of materials in defining depth to the body segments with the rib and such.
Thanks for sharing, and keep them coming!
-ZugbugPete
The camel was chosen for its colour, it could have been a different fur if
it had come to hand and was the right colour.
When I ribbed with the stretch, I coated the thread body with a little fly-tying superglue and then I ribbed with the stretch floss, stretching the floss quite tight as I did. If you don’t use the glue, the floss can slide out of position, and looks terrible.
I have dressed a lot of chironomid (buzzer) patterns, and fished them on still waters in the past, they can certainly take a lot of fish.
As there is some interest in them and I have just committed myself to supply some Fly-of-the-week articles, I will concentrate on Buzzers for still-water and for streams. Not always the same.
When I fished them it was sometimes with a team of three, and a tail fly would be different from the mid fly and from the top fly.
I would not fish with less than two, as the weighted tail fly helps to set the top water fly.
Using an indicator works well if the eyes are not as good as they used to be.
I really enjoy seeing your flies and look forward to your FOTW articles. Thanks…