Foam Beetle Fly Tying Instructions by Charlie Craven

Foam Beetle Fly Tying Recipe:
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Hook: #10-16 Tiemco 100SPBL
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Thread: Black UNI 8/0
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Underbody: Peacock Herl
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Body: 3mm Fly Foam
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Legs: Black Krystal Flash
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Spot: Pink Razor Foam
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[@attilathehamster6774]

Just as well fish can't count 😜 Nice pattern though. Thanks for sharing.

[@mikering5844]

Love your interspersing of statistical improvement data on your catch.

[@melstallard5862]

Great simple affective beetle! Was hoping you could elaborate about how you clean your Peacock. Never considered it. On camera they look so much more vibrant then mine. Thanks for your generosity with your time and knowledge as always…Mel

[@marclawson7552]

I appreciate you not editing out those little mishaps and showing us your tricks to correct them.

[@tedmcardle3315]

Charlie's fly box is great, thanks for inscribing your book I bought for my brother the other month, it was a great gift!

[@marshallbaldwin8960]

This a very cool, fun and easy pattern. Thank you Charlie

[@ryantherock7664]

Great tie Charlie

[@davehall2160]

Thanks Charlie for the pro tips Very helpful 👌

[@tyintil3183]

These videos are great. Thank you.

[@ruthcoates9587]

Good fishing fly! Easy and fun!

[@CatfishWeekly]

Great looking bug

[@bjornrahm5195]

World class as always…

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

why do so many fly tyers insist on saying "tie them down with wraps in front of and behind the material" Makes sense to me that it does not do anything...

[@JoelSzymczyk]

6:03 "no wraps in front- doesn't do anything" EXACTLY!!! I've only been tying for about 45 years, and thought I must be missing something when I watch all the New Cool Kids fly tying videos when they insist on making wraps in front of tied in materials.

[@lonewizzard8456]

The tips and techniques that you provide for tying any fly are fantastic. Thank you tons Charlie. My ties are still crude but at least the proportions and durability are much better; aka they don't look like complete crap, lol.

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Nice beetle.

[@DrJohn493]

Reassuring to see a pro make a few goofs like amateur fly tyers (that's me!) do and then demo how to fix it!

[@user-vv3yi7hs8m]

Do you have a book on tying terrestals

[@johnbradford6845]

What's your favorite super glue, Charlie? I have a love/hate relationship with that stuff1

[@ruebdogg1]

Really seems Charlie has a different way to secure material than tightline productions…he continues to emphasize 😲

[@CharliesFlyBox]

Expound?!

[@jamesvatter5729]

Good one, Charlie. You can round the foam shell with a lighter too...if you're careful! That's what I typically do to the shell and heads.

[@GeorgeSemel]

The term you are looking for is dotage as in I am an old man in my dotage. You are not old Charlie, you are as they say in your Prime. I like to fish beetles then again I like the terrestrial season which is late July to the first frost, warm days, low water, and fish looking up! So it would be kind of crass to go to Fly Fish Food then?

[@tinoyb9294]

Is that the Frank at St. Pete's who won a distance casting contest one year?

[@bigcheese8520]

9-11 percent more trout…😂😂😂

[@williamarmstrong9970]

Charlie put the name, address, and web site of your shop in the permanent description so that we can see your shop and buy STUFF.

[@leerichy6489]

I still just put a blob of enamel paint on the back.