Pipes Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Any thoughts on bead heads versus adding lead to your flies? My personal prefernce is to use lead weight more from a cosmetic side than anything. From a fishing standpoint, I often prefer using bead head, as I find they tend to be easier to get down deeper quicker (tungsten are great). In shallow runs, having less weight can be beneficial. Typcial flies I am talking about are hare ear, pheasant tail, scuds and even leech patterns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownstone Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 my 0.02, standard beadheads make little differnce for weight compared to lead or tungsten, I tie a some nymphs wrapped in lead with a tungsten head for my "heavy flies", lead with standard bead (the ones i use are not actually for tying so they are pretty light) for my medium flies, and just a straight bead head for regular or unweighted nymphs...however most times I use split to control my drift, unless its in shallow or slow moving water where fish can get a better look..then i use weight nymphs to try for a more natural drift.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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