One of the things that Tony said was what I would say - pinch the barb down. Next get the right size bead for the hook. Glass is not as flexible but I have found that they are not consistent with the sizes. You can try several and some will work and some won't. Tony's idea of bending the hook is interesting but I would worry about that causing metal fatigue. Someone smarter might be able to answer that.
Mike On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@hughes.net>wrote: > OK all you tiny fly tying experts LOL.. I am stumped with a problem.. I > took the advice of tying a bigger fly, then working my way down in hook > sizes till I get to where I want. Problem is, I'm tying (or TRYING) my Pink > Panfish Producer, and I'm down to a size 20. Problem is, the gold bead for > the head. The ones I have are either too small to go around the sharp bend > in the hook, or they are too big, and they either fall right off the eye end > of the fly, or get stuck, with the eye buried halfway inside the bead. I > have tried the beads front wards, backwards and sideways. Is there a secret > to this??? Should I just make the "gold=bead head" out of gold tying thread, > or tiny tinsel?? Or do you just not tie flies this small with a bead head on > them?? Thanks for ANY help, Chuck > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii
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