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The spin bugs described above are made from wood and have enough weight to cast with a light spinning or casting outfit. You can also make them from cork, but you'll have to add some lead to provide enough weight for casting. For this you will need some sheet lead and lead wire. If you have trouble getting sheet lead you can always get some lead sinkers and pound them flat with a hammer. Lead wire can be obtained from some of the mail-order supply houses. Before we go into the methods of loading a cork bug with lead we will describe the basic construction of such a bug. You can obtain cork cylinders or cork bass bug bodies, already shaped and sanded smooth, from the mail-order houses and fly-tying suppliers. They come in various lengths and thicknesses, but for best results use the largest sizes. To make a cork bug you'll need long shank double-hump hooks, as shown in Fig. 30. Sizes 1/0 and 2/0 are best for spin bugs. The hook shank is then wrapped with fine fly-tying thread along the section which will be buried in the cork body. This wrapping provides a better gripping surface than the smooth metal of the bare hook.
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