A foam beetle - A beetleimitation that is easy to tie, floats like a cork and looks a lot like the real thing. - Global FlyFisher

A foam beetle

A beetleimitation that is easy to tie, floats like a cork and looks a lot like the real thing.

An oldie pattern from GFF

By Martin Joergensen

The beetle was tied using foam and bristles as shown on the pattern Edwards' Little Ant.

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