eastern fly 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2011 I do use beads but I stop using brass for my hatch match. I like the black ones and use nickle or copper for my attractors. Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poiboy 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2011 I use beadheads for the most part because the river I fish is always off color. It's rarely dirty, but 95% of the time it's off color. I feel as if it my flies need to stand out a little. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaddy 0 Report post Posted January 17, 2011 For me I use both beaded and non beaded I find times I want a bead to get it down or the H20 is dirty and sometimes I don't need any weight and the H20 has good visibility so I use both equally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laxi 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2011 I mostly use beaded nymphs, but I also use them without beads when I'm fishing shallow waters or when I can see that the fish is eating something close to the surface! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zug buggin 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2011 I'll bead everything I can, I'd bead a dry fly if I could get it to float Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
violinjock 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2011 I have all the nymphs that I run in lead position with beads and my trailer nymphs have either no beads or very light beads. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gig 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 I have adequate numbers in both beaded and standard nymphs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RagingBull 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2011 Most of my nymphs have beads on them and i generally tie up different color and size beads on the same pattern for the different size hooks. for an example i will put a 1/8th black nickle bead on a size 14, 7/64th brass on a 16, and a 3/32nd nickle on a 18 of the same colored pattern. This way no matter what the depth or flow is i can fish any single pattern at any depth i want to. It is a little excessive but what else am i going to do until the water gets soft again besides tie flies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sendenca 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2011 So weight is so better, the look is less important. Tungsten is the law !!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snowranch 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2011 Beads 1/3, non bead 2/3. Presentation purposes mainly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westend261b 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2011 I'm a big fan of copper beads for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyfishingtaz 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2011 For Me, it all depends on how I want the fly to drop. If I want it to nose dive, I'll add a bead to the head. If I want a full sink, get the fly down now drop, I'll start the fly out by wrapping the body in wire, then tying the fly as it needs to be tied. It all depends on how I want it to sink for Me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeweyGreen 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2011 I don't use many beads, I like to weight the body of the nymph. By putting the weight up front or in back you can make the nymph drop how you want. And more or less float faster or slower depending on currents. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chase-the-Yough-fisher 0 Report post Posted March 16, 2011 For me its how fast im fishing the fly early in the year i use mostly beadless so it will drop slower alowing me to fish it slower (i dont like dragging my nymphs) . And i do the reverse later in the year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kody 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2011 To me proportion is 50:50 and what I use depends on conditions. :headbang: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites