I ended up modifying a size 6 long shank hook which had the barb removed to en- able me to insert it into the bead to allow me to file it down. A laborious task but the result was a perfectly formed mini cone head. The only problem was due to the size of the bead it could only be used on a size 12 or smaller buzzer hook. Whilst experimenting with this I found that you could file down each end of the bead
enough for it to fit onto a size 12 buzzer hook and use it as a middle section in a tho- rax.
Now was the time to design various body segments and my favourite was a dark olive thread for the body and a golden olive holographic tinsel that had been sup- plied Emir Veevus for me to try out and field test. The result was a pattern that was sure would work and to be sure the pattern would be robust enough an application of Deer Creek resin resulted in a buzzer that would withstand the toughest of abuse.
With around 1 dozen of these tied up several of my friends were contacted to try them out for me. So far two of my friends who fished Corrib rang me up to say they had a great days fishing them and requested more but this time use the wire technique to enable them to get deep down "These have been completed and posted out, and now to await reports back of how they perform.
Good feed back came from anglers on Sheelin who commented that they had caught four good fish in Chambers bay.
My next field test was to get these tried out in England , so they have now been posted out to by brother in-law a fanatical fly fisher and Hywell Morgan who got good selection to try out whilst on his trips around the UK. Hopefully results will be coming back to me before the end of March.
The tying of this buzzer is relatively easy the only tricky and laborious task is modify- ing the caddis bead, but through talks with Paul Vernon owner of Crystal River a tooling device is currently being designed to enable to beads to be modified and should be available very soon.
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