New Fly Box And Recent Ties

[Prybis]

I just got the Flambeau 3936TW Twin Blue Ribbon Fly Box, This has the vertical friction foam slots to hold the flies. Here it is with some recently tied flies.



Mike P.

[Pat]

Nice , great lookin segmented flies, bright colors , what are you fishin for?
Pat in NENC

[Prybis]

Mainly fishing for panfish and bass. Will be trying a couple of these of steelhead in a few weeks.

Mike P.

[FlyRobLures]

I like your box and the flys look good too ,What are those made of in the top right ?

[Prybis]

Those in the top right are made with glass beads and dubbing.

Mike P.

[ACSooner80]

What are the other flies made w/? The bodies on them I like, and would like to try my hand at makin afew.

AC

[ACSooner80]

Could anyone help me out and tell what what some of those flies are made w? Like the bodies? I like the green on the top and some of those blues, are they those glass beads or like a sparkle lace type stuff? I'm fixin to take a trip to Hobby Lobby to get some stuff alil cheaper then Bass Pro, and so was hopin to find out.

Thanks,
AC

[irish1]

Any colored thin plastic lacing will work. Some of them look like thread bodies with a dubbing collar. You can use beads as bodies if you want or wrap the body with wire.

[ACSooner80]

What type and size of beads for the body? Do you just slide the beads on the hook or do you do something else to keep them secured or let them roll?

[irish1]

The size of the bead depends on the size of the hook, the type depends on what you want the fly to do. A glass or plastic bead will give lots of sparkle with little extra weight, a metal bead supplies weight without needing extra lead keeping the body thin. You just slide the bead on the hook and wrap the thread behind it or just tie the fly as normal.

Take care if you are not buying beads made for fly tying, some holes are too small to round the bend if the hole is the same size. Beads made for tying have a 'two size' hole, one side is bigger than the other, allowing it to clear a tighter bend. Just be sure the bead won't pass the eye or you'll need to glue it in place.