"Frank Reid © 2008" wrote


I primarily use them in high water to get flies down without extra
bulk.


I've only used them, so far, for a specific situation, i.e. fishing midge
pupa patterns on a long leader under a bobbercator in stillwater ... the
extra weight is worth the extra $ since it saves a lot of fishing time that
would just be waiting time with lighter flies

But today when I was buying more small TungBeads for those flies I gave
thought to other uses ... thought also spurred by wanting to fish deeper in
my local river lately. I associate split shot with all the things I
don't like about nymphing, so other ways to weight appeal.

The colored thread is a good idea, do you tie the whole thing with different
thread or just add a collar after it's finished?



oh, I have used tungbeads in a second situation .... I like sight nymphing
and I have found that IF you get your fly to the right spot before you scare
him he seems to basically always eat it ... i.e. pattern doesn't matter much
in nymphs ( another reason I'm not too keen on nymphing, but that's a
different thread ) So, anyway, I carry 5 different nymphs tied more
for various sink rate than any other factor ( they are all pretty small, I
doubt even the nymph eating dummy is going to grab things too big ) ... the
fastest sinking is a tungsten ( 5 silver tungsten beads, to be exact )
affair I call a PS Nymph When I spot a fish for sight nymphing the fly I
choose is based on his postion and sink rate needed to reach that position,
not what's hatching or other factors