Blog & Latest Updates
Fly Fishing Articles
Insects by Common Name
> > Beetles
| FredH | September 6th, 2011, 10:07 am | |
 Posts: 108 |  If you fish with beetles you can make the basic beetle shape using just thread and monofilament.  Then you can use permanent markers to color the fly to fit the species in your area. Coat it with flexament and it will float. Coat it with hard head cement and it will sink slowly.  | |
| http://www.realisticflytying.net | ||
| Jmd123 | September 6th, 2011, 4:03 pm | |
 Posts: 2611 | GREAT technique, Fred! Thanks for showing us. I need to tie some beetles so perhaps I will give that a try. Another beautiful fly! I bet those big fat southern sunfish smack 'em hard! How fun is that? Jonathon | |
| No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere... | ||
| Entoman | September 6th, 2011, 4:07 pm | |
 Posts: 2604 | Fred, Where's a photo of the finished fly? I see the two naturals....:) Excellent job. Kurt | |
| "It's not that I find fishing so important, it's just that I find all other endeavors of Man equally unimportant... And not nearly as much fun!" Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Fisherman | ||
| Jmd123 | September 6th, 2011, 4:12 pm | |
Posts: 2611 | Kurt, coulda fooled me too - it almost looks like he has the correct tarsal formula incorporated! Hmmmm, family Chrysomelidae? Jonathon | |
| No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere... | ||
| FredH | September 6th, 2011, 5:58 pm | |
Posts: 108 | Thanks Kurt and Jonathon , mono is an excelent tying material that we often overlook. Fred | |
| http://www.realisticflytying.net | ||
| Jesse | September 7th, 2011, 1:52 am | |
 | I agree with Kurt man those beetles look real, and GREAT!!! Nice job and nice pattern! | |
| Most of us fish our whole lives..not knowing its not the fish that we are after. http://www.filingoflyfishing.com | ||
| FredH | September 7th, 2011, 11:03 am | |
Posts: 108 | Thanks Jesse ,kind of you to say. Fred | |
| http://www.realisticflytying.net | ||
| JOHNW | September 7th, 2011, 6:36 pm | |
 Posts: 452 | Fred, Not joking I seriously was wondering where the finished flies were!!!!!! Then I zoomed in on the first pic and spotted the hookeye. Awsome ties. | |
| "old habits are hard to kill once you have gray in your beard" -Old Red Barn | ||
| FredH | September 8th, 2011, 9:53 am | |
Posts: 108 | Thanks John these are fun little ties. Fred | |
| http://www.realisticflytying.net | ||
| Shawnny3 | September 8th, 2011, 8:53 pm | |
Moderator Pleasant Gap, PAPosts: 1197 | These are really beautiful flies, Fred. What a great shape you've achieved with that second one. -Shawn | |
| Jewelry-Quality Artistic Salmon Flies, by Shawn Davis www.davisflydesigns.com | ||
| FredH | September 9th, 2011, 10:29 am | |
Posts: 108 | Thanks Shawn . You can make a beetle any size , shape or color you want . Just add a piece of mono here and there ,wrap with thread and if you wanted one that would float high in the water ,just substitute deer hair for some of the mono. Just make sure not to compress it too much when you tie it down. Fred | |
| http://www.realisticflytying.net | ||
| Oldredbarn | September 9th, 2011, 11:37 am | |
 Posts: 2608 | Fred, I have a couple new ones for you to try...This morning on the window of our office is a praying mantis that is 3"+! Last night as I was turning off the porch light to head off to bed, on the glass window next to the front door, a very large katydid was hanging out. This guy on the front window is so long I'm not sure I'd have a hook long enough to cover him properly. Can you imagine either one of these guys falling from an overhanging shrub to the water just ahead of a monster Brown?! Yahoo! I'm not sure or not whether the cooler rainy weather we've been having hasn't drove these two from the trees for some reason. I have seen the mantis' hunting before on the warmed brick of the building, but on the building they lose the camouflage edge of the trees. The katydid had a beautiful light olive body and the wings looked like a perfect leaf, colored dark green. Well good luck :)! I'll need 20 dozen by Monday! :) Spence | |
| "Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively "Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood | ||
| Jmd123 | September 9th, 2011, 11:55 am | |
Posts: 2611 | Spence, I tie a katydid pattern that is just an all-leaf-green grasshopper. However, I'm sure Fred will outdo me by a light-year...his will have the proper venation in the wings and the correct number of segments in the antennae! Jonathon | |
| No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere... | ||
| FredH | September 13th, 2011, 9:51 am | |
Posts: 108 | Spence it looks as if I missed the Monday deadline but I've been meaning to tie up a katydid pattern . David Martin and I will be holding an online realistic tying class starting this Thursday . We will start with a pallid winged grasshopper . But we will also teach how these same techniques used to tie this pattern can be slightly altered to tie any species of hopper or cricket.You should come and join so you can tie your own it's free and open to everyone. | |
| http://www.realisticflytying.net | ||
| Oldredbarn | September 13th, 2011, 11:10 am | |
Posts: 2608 | Spence it looks as if I missed the Monday deadline And here I thought you could just whip them bad boys out...;) What time is the class? Do we follow your link there at the bottom of your posts? I'm not much of a realistic tyer but I feel we can always learn something from other folks that we may be able to use ourselves down the line somewhere. I have learned some interesting things from Oliver Edward's "Master Class" book but I still don't tie like he does...I hate to admit it, but by-and-large I'm a "guide fly" kind of tyer. I have picked up a lot of neat ideas from hanging around shows and watching other guys tie. Everyone has developed their own ways of handling a particular problem. We aren't alone out here and I have had eureka moments watching someone else who has solved something. Thanks for the invite! Spence | |
| "Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively "Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood | ||
| FredH | September 13th, 2011, 11:42 am | |
Posts: 108 | The class is on the Fly Tyer Magazine Forum . And I agree we all learn from each other. Even if you don't want to fish realistic flies you might learn something that can be incooperated into one of your older patterns to give it a new twist.Or you may learn how to make a fly more durrable. In any case we hope that everyone who attends will learn something new and of value.Here's a link :http://forums.flytyer.com/forum/18-realistic-tying/9915-realistic-fly-tying-class | |
| http://www.realisticflytying.net | ||
| Oldredbarn | September 13th, 2011, 12:42 pm | |
Posts: 2608 | We will be starting the first class on Thursday the 15th at 8:00 pm Eastern time. Fred...I just thought I'd post the time of your class Thursday and if folks are interested they can follow the link you provided me above. Thanks again! Spence | |
| "Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively "Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood | ||
| FredH | September 15th, 2011, 9:50 am | |
Posts: 108 | Thanks spence . Just a reminder everyone. If you would like to learn how to tie a realistic grasshopper follow the realistic coloumn on the fly tyer magazine forum starting tonight at 7 cst . David Martin and I will give first hand instruction and answer your questions and guide you through this pattern. We will showcase a pallid winged grasshopper but will also show how to use the same techniques to change the pattern to tie any grasshopper or cricket you want. 7 pm cst is when we will start uploading the pattern photos, but if you can't be online then ,not to worry.The material will stay up in sequence so that tiers can start and move at their own speed as their schedule allows. Fred | |
| http://www.realisticflytying.net | ||
| Aaron7_8 | September 17th, 2011, 10:17 pm | |
 Posts: 115 | I am constantly blown away by your pictures. Nice work | |
| FredH | September 21st, 2011, 1:58 pm | |
Posts: 108 | Thanks alot Aaron, I really appreciate the compliment. Fred | |
| http://www.realisticflytying.net | ||
Quick Reply
You have to be logged in to post on the forum. It's this easy:
Related Discussions
| Title | Replies | Last Reply |
| Re: Mysis Shrimp In Fly Tying by FredH | 3 | Nov 17, 2012 by FredH |
| Re: Questions about B&H Trout Fishing, Wisconsin Dells In Beginner Help by Starry | 3 | Jun 18, 2012 by Redspeed |
| Re: Amber Wing In Fly Tying by FredH | 2 | Aug 1, 2011 by FredH |
| Re: Grass shrimp In Fly Tying by FredH | 6 | Nov 26, 2012 by FredH |
| Re: What is the most common and most immitated of all nymphs In Fly Tying by FredH | 6 | Oct 21, 2009 by Teddyp |
| Re: Chrysops callidus In Fly Tying by FredH | 6 | May 31, 2011 by Jmd123 |
| Re: Crawfish 2.0 In Fly Tying by FredH | 2 | Oct 29, 2010 by FredH |
| step by step for anchovy or silverside In Fly Tying by FredH | 0 | |
| Re: Cranefly In Fly Tying by FredH | 12 | Dec 1, 2010 by FredH |
| Re: Dragonfly Nymph In Fly Tying by FredH | 2 | Jul 4, 2013 by FredH |
Troutnut.com is copyright © 2004-2024 Jason
Neuswanger (email Jason). See my FAQ for information about use of my images.
privacy policy
privacy policy