You can find plastic beads at craft stores, such as Michaels and JoAnnes. However, for tiny flies, glass come in the smallest sizes. But, the little file works on both. After all, glass is just cooked sand. Joyce
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Alan Di Somma <phxflyt...@cox.net> wrote: > Joyce: > > Do you have plastic beads as well as glass beads? > > Thank you, > Alan Di Somma > > Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks? > > http://www.azflyfishing.net/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Joyce Westphal <westpha...@gmail.com> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:17 PM > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Tiny Fly Question- beads and barbs > > You can also find pointed type files in the beadworking area of your craft > store, such as JoAnn's or Michaels, or the like. They go inside the hole and > can be used to file it down. They even help on glass beads. I find most of > my tiny beads at the knitting shop. they have really small ones that are > used in needlework. Check out that type of store as well. Joyce > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: > >> A lot of the new hooks for flyfishing are micro-barb, so they don't pose >> much of a problem. >> I rarely squash a barb flat, unless the hook is brittle and the barb >> doesn't bend. >> I prefer to bend the barb down to a very shallow profile- east to remove & >> set, but it won't just fall out. >> If I'm setting beads, I just squash until they fit, or find a smaller barb >> hook. >> The barbs on my ol Mustads are really big compared to the barbs on the new >> hooks today. >> Mike is right about glass beads- the hole size and bead length vary quite >> a bit. >> >> As far as bending the hook, every maker and every style and every size >> will be different, >> as far as how much bending they will take. >> Some snap with the 1st movement, and some you can almost tie a knot it. >> Forged vs wire vs gage vs tempering- all account for bending flexibility. >> >> Style is something you can take into account when you match hooks to the >> fly design. >> Tying barbell-eye streamers?- limerick bends are fine. >> Going to be using cone-heads, beads, etc.?, buy perfect or round bends. >> >> D >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Michael Bliss <flyfish...@gmail.com> >> *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:48 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Tiny Fly Question >> >> 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?? 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