How to tie a Green Machine Bug on tube
Put on the hook guard (here a pice of Hig-Viz green tube) Let the tube dry in the sun - Glue will set in minutes
Tie down strands of flash - Use fluorescent -red thread to tie down. Finish of with super-glue
Tie in Fireline 0,04 mm. to tie down sections of green deer body hair with. Make sure to tighten each section securely with the Fireline. Leave a piece of Fireline to use as a rib later
Trim the deer body hair to a cigar-shaped style with your scissors or a razor blade.
Tie in a quality brown hackle
Run the hackles down the deer hair body. Make sure that the stem of the hackle gets inside the deer hair structure.
A classic in a modern way...
Run the Fireline ribbing upwards through the body and hackles. Secure and whip-finish.
Start by adding drop of UV glue to the end of a thin tube
Trim any excess material and ad a drop of super-glue to the head
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