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| Foam Cockroach Fly |
The Cockroaches – actual species of imitation
This is a pattern that I tie in 2008… the foam Cockroaches pattern.
The Materials:
2mm Thk close cell foam
Size 8 Daichi 2110
Pheasant tail fiber as antenna
Goose biot knob legs
Turkey biots as tails
Peacock herls
Magic tape and Pheasant feather as wings
The step by step tying instruction:
Prepare the hook
Tie in the 2mm foam
Tie in some 2 mm foam to create the profile of abdomen
Tie in the tails and few Peacock herls
Spin the herls to create the under-body of abdomen
Fold the foam over and tie in the sections on the abdomen, trim the extra foam
Tie in 3 pairs of knob Goose biot legs
Now sandwich a pheasant feather with magic tape
Cut the tape wing to the shape
Tie in some peacock herl and spin around the legs to split the legs
Tie in a pair of Pheasant tail fiber as antenna
Tie in another pcs of foam to create the thorax
Tie in the tape wing
Fold over the front portion of the tape wing, tie down
Now bring your thread to near the hook eye, fold the tape wing over and tie down together with the foam, trim the extra tape wing
Fold over the foam, tie down to create the head profile, trim the extra foam and whip finish
Color the tape wing and head profile
The foam Cockroach fly is ready
Cheers and happy tying
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very nice!
I was just looking around for some roach patterns and have to say this one looks the best. It may help that I have all the materials on hand. 🙂 I'm going to give this one a try today.