buzzers

[dessie67]

hi
dose anybody have good epoxy buzzers patterns to show.
im only fishing short time and would like tying instructions
if possible.
thanks....................

[oakham orange]

Hi mate Scratch is probably the best man for buzzers on here.

Here are a few efforts. Sorry im not great a step by steps. Perhaps some of the other guys could help

The buzzer is the one pattern that you can really expeiment with. Lots of different body materials from just thread to various synthetic materials. And lots of different things to use for cheeks and thorax.

Basically as long as your buzzer has a body and a thorax, then you wont go far wrong to start with. After that you can add a rib, cheeks and breathers etc

[sonnaghan]

OO on that pot about Sheelin Flies someone mentioned a "Balling Buzzer" Any ideas about it's tying and where I could get a look. Thanks

[mr_eejit]

Here is a few other types.
Buzzers

Or check youtube link here
YouTube - tying the buzzer

[steve collyer]

Hook:
12-16 Kamasan B100
Silk:
Black 8/0
Rib:
Red UTC ultra wire & 8/0 silk
Body:
Ribbed hookshank covered with thin layer of stretched PVC
Thorax:
Built-up black tying silk
Thorax cover:
2 strands of flat holographic tinsel
Wing buds:
2 orange goose biots
Then the whole lot is coated in 3 or 4 layers of Hard as Nails

[oakham orange]

Originally Posted by sonnaghan

OO on that pot about Sheelin Flies someone mentioned a "Balling Buzzer" Any ideas about it's tying and where I could get a look. Thanks

Balling buzzer is a dry fly mate.

Hook : Kamasan B170
Thread: Black.
Body: None
Rib: A series of badger and grizzle cock hackles, long in fibre, palmered alternatively up the full length of the hook shank.

Sorry mate ive no pictures but its on page 65 of Peter O'Reilly's "Trout & Salmon Flies of Ireland.

Hope that helps

[sonnaghan]

OO thanks for that. Have Peter O'Reily's book in Donegal and we are hoping to go down there tomorrow, weather permitting.
Many thanks

[Scratch]

Originally Posted by oakham orange

Hi mate Scratch is probably the best man for buzzers on here.

What are you after? You don't seem to have done too bad yourself mate

Dessie, personally speaking, I don't see the point of messing with epoxy for buzzers. If you've taken anything from the photo's and links that have already been shown, it should be that todays buzzers are generally skinny, anorexic affairs - something that can be easilly achieved with a lick or two of nail polish....

I tend to think of epoxy as best being used when a fair bit of bulk is required for fry patterns, bugs, Pike and saltwater flies etc.

Most of the stuff you see on this thread are the results of hours and hours 'testing' and practice. So just have a mess, get a feel for what happens when you slop nail apolish all over yer buzzers.... how it dries, how it looks with different materials underneath it etc.

Don't forget the scruffier stuff though.. I often deploy a messy affiar on the top dropper - so it fishes in the upper levels, where a natural is more likely to be getting to the point of hatching and generally looking like a dogs dinner...

This one is tied with a sparse dubbed body of Ice dub and Hare's Ear, then ribbed with fish skin, and a thorax cover of fish skin. Cheeks are orange 'Angel Hair'. Slop some Sally on it....rub it in with yer fingers

[teuchter]

Lots of pretty pictures there lads. How about you give us the track record on them and how successful you've been with these buzzers ....and where ?

George Barron

[maharg]

Originally Posted by teuchter

Lots of pretty pictures there lads. How about you give us the track record on them and how successful you've been with these buzzers ....and where ?

George Barron

Do you expect them to tell you all their secrets George