Comments on: Lets add a bead to the mix http://wcflies.com/blog/2008/11/lets-add-a-bead-to-the-mix/ Thoughts on fly fishing and fly tying Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:14:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Min http://wcflies.com/blog/2008/11/lets-add-a-bead-to-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Min Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:19:52 +0000 http://wcflies.com/blog/?p=112#comment-337 I thought that this was a very good vid. I had to watch with the sound off and it was still easy to follow. I will definitely be trying to learn this fly. thanks, Min I thought that this was a very good vid. I had to watch with the sound off and it was still easy to follow. I will definitely be trying to learn this fly.

thanks, Min

]]> By: WhiskeyCreek http://wcflies.com/blog/2008/11/lets-add-a-bead-to-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-328 WhiskeyCreek Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:25:11 +0000 http://wcflies.com/blog/?p=112#comment-328 You can tie this with a tail or not. Many of the soft-hackles come tail-less. These are not meant to imitate, but to stimulate. You can add a tail of pheasant or even a little bit of zelon. Another modification, try using some pheasant hackles or hen back (inexpensive at fly shops) instead of partridge. I usually fish this on the swing a couple of inches below the surface. But, it would work as a dropper to a heavier fly. The great thing about tying our own flies, we can customize it for the water we fish. If you want to go deeper, add a few turns of lead under the thorax. You can tie this with a tail or not. Many of the soft-hackles come tail-less. These are not meant to imitate, but to stimulate.

You can add a tail of pheasant or even a little bit of zelon. Another modification, try using some pheasant hackles or hen back (inexpensive at fly shops) instead of partridge.

I usually fish this on the swing a couple of inches below the surface. But, it would work as a dropper to a heavier fly.

The great thing about tying our own flies, we can customize it for the water we fish. If you want to go deeper, add a few turns of lead under the thorax.

]]> By: winonaflyfactory http://wcflies.com/blog/2008/11/lets-add-a-bead-to-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-327 winonaflyfactory Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:56:56 +0000 http://wcflies.com/blog/?p=112#comment-327 also, is this to be fished as a dropper off a heavier nymph seeing as you added no weight other than the bead? I try to avoid splitshot as much as possible. also, is this to be fished as a dropper off a heavier nymph seeing as you added no weight other than the bead? I try to avoid splitshot as much as possible.

]]> By: winonaflyfactory http://wcflies.com/blog/2008/11/lets-add-a-bead-to-the-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-326 winonaflyfactory Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:54:54 +0000 http://wcflies.com/blog/?p=112#comment-326 Curious, no tail on this fly? Is this tied to represent a nymph with no tail? I have yet to get a partridge skin/wing. I am going to have to order it, my efforts to find someone in my area who raises/hunts the hungarian partridge we have in the part of the sate south of me have turned up little to nothing. Thanks for taking the time. Curious, no tail on this fly? Is this tied to represent a nymph with no tail? I have yet to get a partridge skin/wing. I am going to have to order it, my efforts to find someone in my area who raises/hunts the hungarian partridge we have in the part of the sate south of me have turned up little to nothing. Thanks for taking the time.

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