Painting eyes on streamers

[nedbm3 0]

I haven't tied any eyes onto my streamers yet. I just never got around to getting any. I have seen other people paint eyes onto the thread when the streamer is finished. Does it make a difference if you paint them on or leave it without?

 

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[LeftyPa 0]

 

I don't think it matters on smallheads on streamers. on large heads on bass bugs, i think it matters . I think they look better.

 

John

[Kodiak Commando 0]

It seams to me it matter on a lot of flies i tie. Epecially thunder creeks and sculpin patterns. I fish a lot for bows and dollies during the smolt migration and a thunder creek with eyes seems to do better than one without. Same with sculpins wher a big pair of eyes seem to entice the rainbows if fish for whether it's on kodiak or some other part of the state.

[BobT 0]

I am like Kodiak, I really think that it makes a difference with eyes on streamers. I also paint eyes on all my Thunder Creeks and my bullethead muddlers in which the head is shaped like a Thunder Creek. What I do is to put FlexCement on the head portion of the fly. Let that dry and then paint an eye with with usually a white background and a black pupil but have tried other various combinations. Not only do I thinks it helps in fishing purposes but I think that it looks nicer and thus fish it with more confidence.

 

Bob

[GunnerDonn 0]

There are a number of very good natural paints for eyes; I use jungle fowl, starling, guinnea, etc. No problem with drying time, build up or smelly stuff on your fly...did I really say that? Oh well, been a long summer down here, looking forward to getting home to Michigan in a couple of weeks.

[pechetruite 0]

To put painted eyes on streamers, check the following page: http://www.pechetruite.com/trucs/painted-eyes.htm

Using acrylic paint you can make all the eyes you need before you tie the flies.