Sylvester Nemes on Bead Heads...

[skunkaroo]

Must be nice to fish on gently flowing, evenly paced streams, with long runs--unfortunately that's often a bit of a luxury out this way. While it was Hughes' comments on Neme's and later Nemes himself that got me hooked on the soft-hackle. I still think the bead has a place in the pocket water and roiling drops of our high gradient streams.

While I have faith in the unweighted soft-hackle as a beautiful weapon in the fly fisher's arsenal, I believe the lightly weighted fly also has a place.

Heresy, I know.

Aaron

Edit: I should point out that we are restricted to a single fly--sometimes without external weight--where I live. This colours my comments somewhat.

[Ruard]

I think that all depends on the water you fish and the kind of fish you are after. Trout has the habit of coming up so you can fish in the toplayer of the water. If you have to fish in colored water on a fish species that stay near the bottom you have to go down with your flies or don't fish. If you are so lucky to live near a troutstream you can choose not to use a bead. If you live in the Netherlands and like to flyfish you have to adopt to the circumstances.

Thank you Aaron you have integrated the bead in the wingless wet!

[skunkaroo]

Thank you Aaron you have integrated the bead in the wingless wet!

I hardly think I could take credit for that.

[William Anderson]

beads.... I just hate casting them. I wouldn't knock em though. In a slump, you just do what you gotta do sometimes, hit bottom. It takes all the fun out of casting though.

[BruceC]

Well said, Mike. I introduced this thread to "stir the pot" a bit and it looks like it worked One of the things that I liked so much about this forum was that it was (and is) a "judgement free zone" (sorry for borrowing from a franchised gym outfit here in the states...). The members of this forum share information as opposed to criticizing each other to death. Like yourself, I adapt as the situation requires. I do fish small bead heads and have been known to put a small glass bead on a wingless wet from time to time. It's a personal preference that each us exercises each time we fish.

Cheers,
Bruce

[skunkaroo]

beads.... I just hate casting them. I wouldn't knock em though. In a slump, you just do what you gotta do sometimes, hit bottom. It takes all the fun out of casting though.

Depends to some extent on the size/weight of the bead, but I I understand your point and tend to agree. The one thing I find truly distasteful is casting with external weight (splitshots and the like)--give me a beaded fly any day.

Aaron