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{{+1}}Eyes – booby eyes from bean bag beads{{-1}}
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Set out below are the tying instructions for Booby eyes made out of bean bag beads for a right handed fly tier. If your left handed please remember to switch the instructions around.{{end}}
Last Updated: December 27, 2010
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{{+1}}Burnt monofilament eyes{{-1}}
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Most recipes use the term "figure of eight wraps of thread" when describing how to tie in burnt monofilament eyes and other eyes that have two eye balls connected by an axle. Follow steps E and F for a much tighter way of attaching monofilament eyes, bead chain, dumbbell eyes etc.{{end}}
{{+1}}Anti snag guards – “bass” weed guards{{-1}}
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I am often asked if weed guards cut down on hook up rates. Well logically I suppose they do but I must say that the increased fishing time you get and the fact that your not loosing flies or having to "go in" and retrieve flies more that compensates for that. In most cases however strikes from tropical fish are quite aggressive and I don't think that the weed guard even comes into the hook up equation.{{end}}
{{+1}}Black & peacock{{-1}}
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Flies that represent spiders and beetles are very buggy and suggestive flies. Weather being used as a polaroiding fly, a static wet, one of the flies in a team of loch style flies, or a fly to cover rising fish spider type soft hackle flies may be taken as a snail, submerged beetle, drowned terrestrial, diving beetle or even a carixia.{{end}}
{{+1}}Caenis Dun{{-1}}
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If you have a look at Caenis Duns there are fundamentals of shape that are common across the species and captured by this pattern. The tail consists of only three filaments; the body starts thin and is then cigar shaped with 9 distinct segments. They have 6 legs and wings faces back at about a 60 degree angle. The common colours are grey and brown and when they are hatching the vision is of very small single winged sailing boats on the water.{{end}}
Categories: Dry flies, Flies, My "trout" dry fly box, My 'trout' lake wet fly box
Tags: dry, flyfishing, Loch style dry flies, Mayflies, river, trout 
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