foam beetle

[WebFreeman]

I'm wanting to tie some foam beetles to use as indicators. I'm finding tons of recipes, but I'm not quite clear on the foam. I find the sheets everywhere, but I it doesn't look like that's what's used in the recipes. What do you guys use?

[timsfly]

any good closed cell foam will work, the stuff at wal-mart is ok, it tears a little faster than foam that wapsi sells, I use the 1/8" from wapsi, it is tough comes in a lot of good colors and floats high. Make sure what ever you use is closed cell, unless you want a sinking beetle, but hey sinking beetles work well in the riffles here at roaring river or during hard rain, a lot of beetles get knocked in the water. Good luck.

[WebFreeman]

Thanks Tim. I think my first trout on a dry was on a beetle at RR. It holds a found place in my heart, plus I get tired of trout hitting my indicator.