Black Gold Rib Buzzer

Step by Step's

Black and Gold Rib Buzzer Fly Tying Materials

The following tying instructions are identical for the Black and Gold Ribbed buzzer and the silver ribbed buzzers except for the Black and Gold buzzer which uses some gold craft paint to give a glitter effect. Just miss this step for the silver ribbed buzzers.

Step 2

Take a length of gold wire and secure to the underside of the hookshank stopping part way round the bend. Return the thread to near the eye.

Step 3

Take a length of gold tinsel or gold holo tinsel and secure to the underside of the hookshank stopping part way round the bend. Return the thread to near the eye.

Step 4

Make sure that the body is uniform and all gold wire and tinsel has been covered with thread.

Step 5

Wind the tinsel up the hookshank to create a rib, just stopping short of the eye. Secure with thread and trim waste tinsel.

Wind the wire up the hookshank to create a second rib. Try to keep the wire so that it touches the edge of the tinsel rib. Just stopping short of the eye, secure with thread and remove waste wire by rocking it side to side.

Step 7

Catch in a length of mylar tinsel or pearl film and build a thorax by running the thread back and forth. The mylar tinsel should be at the rear of the thorax. Return the thread to the eye once the thorax is built and pull the mylar tinsel forward. Secure with thread and trim waste mylar. Cover the mylar end with thread, whip finish and trim waste thread.