Hi Ian, these flies can work great in traditional nymph rigs. They would replace the split shot on your traditional nymph rig because of their tungsten beads and lead wire.
Yeah that works too. Maybe that dubbing is more transparent when wet, as you mentioned. I'll be curious Tim's reply. He's usually very particular in everything he does, but then again, it's not his pattern.
The white thread does two things, it highlights the flash in that dubbing and seems to glow through the dubbing when the fly is wet. You can tie it with red if you prefer.
Tied some of these this past weekend and they were a hit! Thank you yet again
Dave sold me my last Douglas fly rod. Been very happy with it and made me a fan of Douglas most likely for life.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy the rod!
Every time you post it's like my birthday
What like Pi day?
Yep, and I hear the sound of a checkbook that is draining money too. Oh well if I wanted to save money, I would just do the Norm Peterson thing!
George Semel that's funny gearge
George Semel yeah like pi day
I love your videos! Thank you for all the inspiration! Greetings from germany, Willy
Very nice
Are you going to post a video on another one of McKennas flys later?
TheSPminnow Sluggo yes, in a few weeks.
tightlinevideo heck yeah
Dave, thanks for the video. What manufacture makes the bead you use? Also where may I find it online? Thanks again.
Hi Eric, you can find them on Hazard Fly Fishing. Glad you enjoyed!
Can you use these jig or euro style nymphs for traditional type nymph rigs?
Hi Ian, these flies can work great in traditional nymph rigs. They would replace the split shot on your traditional nymph rig because of their tungsten beads and lead wire.
Dave, what bead manufacturer, or where can I buy them? When I try to buy pink I can only find the hot pink painted beads
Disregard. Found them competitiveangler.com/
Excellent, they great for beads and barbless hooks.
I'm not trying to be that guy who rips videos, but why not just use red thread the whole time? Is there something I'm not seeing?
I also wondered this.
might give a different undertone to the body when wet. I like to just color white thread with sharpies for hot spots.
Yeah that works too. Maybe that dubbing is more transparent when wet, as you mentioned. I'll be curious Tim's reply. He's usually very particular in everything he does, but then again, it's not his pattern.
They were different thread types
The white thread does two things, it highlights the flash in that dubbing and seems to glow through the dubbing when the fly is wet. You can tie it with red if you prefer.
same as every other walts worm