Janet, I learned hat fly so long ago that it must have been on a Mustad fine-wire dry fly hook. In fact, I still have the materials left over somewhere in that mess I call a fly room. I would give that a shot, as I remember even on that hook, it was a squeeze to get the bead over the eye. If the pattern is the same, you use brown foam for the over-wing shell and two brown or black goose biots for the 'oars'. Correct?
I'll go look and see what I can dig up from the ancient past. DOnO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob & Janet Schimpf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:26 AM Subject: [VFB] Bead Question > Help! I have here in my hot little hand a water boatman type fly sample on > a size 14 hook with a "scintilla bubble" bead on the shank. These are the > football shaped beads, 6mm X 3mm, pearl in color. Now, I need to know how > to get the bead on the hook! Of course, this shape bead has to go over the > eye end of the hook rather than the bend. The Scintilla package says to use > a Tiemco 101, a straight-eye hook. Not even close! Won't go over the eye. > I also tried a Daiichi > 1110. The eye is even bigger. The only hook I found that the bead will go > on is a Tiemco 2312, but because of the curved shank the bead nearly > occludes the gap. So, does anyone know of a regular length size 14 hook with > a very small eye? The only other alternative is to ream out the bead holes, > not an inviting prospect since I have 8 dozen of these to tie! Thanks in > advance! > > Janet > >
