A simple foam Cricket tie with close cell foam tube
Material List:
Close cell foam tube 6mm dia from Semperfli
Rubber legs – small and XSmall
Poly Floating yarn
Foam sheet – 0.5mm as wing
Pheasant tail fiber as antenna
Wide gap hook for terrestrial -#10
Dubbing to match the foam colour
Step by step tying instruction:
Burn the edge of the 6mm dia foam tube, cut to the size of the abdomen
Insert the foam abdomen
Use a needle to bring the rubber leg thru the foam abdomen
Tie in a pair of knotted rubber leg, dub it with some dubbing
Tie in the legs, dub in to separate the legs
Cut the foam tube to half, tie in at the bottom, make a hole and bring it over thru the hook eye
Bring a pair of Pheasant tail fiber thru the foam as antenna
Tie in a pre-cut foam wing, then follow with some poly floating yarn
Fold both the foam wing with the Poly Yarn over and tie down
Now bring the foam over and tie down to create the head profile of the cricket
Tie down the foam and trim the extra and trim the legs
drop a small drop of black UV resin as eyes
Good luck and catch some fish with it… Cheers
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