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You can use any color combinations you want on bugs, but the most effective ones are usually black body and wings, brown body and wings, or yellow body and wings. A bug with white body and white tail or wings is easily seen and is as good as any. When making the silent minnow-type bug, use silver or gold paint on the sides of the body. The frog-type can have a white or yellow belly and green back with black spots. You can also give spin bugs a fuzzy or hair finish on the body. This is done by first painting the bug the color you want, then giving it a coat of clear cement or celluloid enamel. Then, while it is still wet, sprinkle with bits of hair, wool or floss. These materials, of course, have to be prepared in advance by cutting or chopping up the hair, wool, or fur finely. Still another finish on spin bugs can be obtained by using flitters. These are small metallic chips of gold or silver which can be scattered on the wet coat of cement or clear celluloid enamel of the bug body. They are given a coat of clear lacquer afterwards, to prevent the metallic chips from tarnishing. Although many bugs made professionally have glass eyes, these are not really necessary. It is much quicker and less expensive to paint on the eyes or dab them on, as described and shown in Chapter 2. You can also obtain decal eyes from some of the fly-tying and mail-order houses and attach these quickly. 4 Salt-Water Plugs
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