(** Throughout this section, click on the upper left icon to return to the Activities Main page **) Making Your Own Flies Make a fishing hook that looks like a bug. If you need some ideas, take a look at different insects. What kinds of colour patterns do they have? A bee's colour pattern is black, yellow, black... OR... check out the Haig-Brown fly collection. Materials Tools wire vice thread scissors feathers pliers fake fur tinsel Directions Use your fingers and the pliers to bend the wire to make a hook. (so it looks like a "j") At the top of the hook, bend the wire into a small loop to make the "eye" of the hook. (so it looks like a "j" with the dot attached). Put the hook into something (like a vice) to hold it in place. Wrap and tie the material onto the wire hook. Top of page.