Beadheads and wild trout

[brookieaddict]

dude, bead heads are not a natural phenom. but for some reason trout lke em, even the wild ones. My best patern is a size 16 nymph copper john style using peacock herl and gold mylar as the wing case and cover. This fly has caught many many trout Kemoshabe, and thats why my theory about all trout being females holds water. Women love shiny things that dont make sense, bead heads dont exist as a natural food source any doubters now?? Hope this helps you out.

 

[chstrcntyfish]

I was fishing valley creek today, I was out of scuds except for ones with bright gold beads. I tried one and caught two fish on it. The were both only about 6 inches though. I don't know if that has anything to do with it.

 

[mediclimber]

Trout like sparklies.

 

[2bonthewater]

check my three photos in my profile........all wild brownies........Beadhead pheasant tail nymph.........

 

[tomgamber]

Rules are there are no rules...use whatever you like...beads are fine for anything...

Man, what made you resurrect this old thread....

 

[tabasco_joe]

After watching Ozzie Ozefovich's underwater video I can understand why beadheads work. Half the items the fish pick off seem to have goldish tinted air bubbles attached.

I should add he is coming to our TU meeting next month. I'm going to ask him his opinion.

 

[skiltonian]

heres one to think about - bead heads work better for most people because of the weight of the fly offsets the anglers ability.
in other words, a weighted fly gets into the strike zone easier, faster, and doesn't take as much technique and hydraulic knowledge. Hence the confidence bead heads get. I'm guilty.
I fish bead heads on every outing. I go back and forth on weather its the attraction of the metal or the weight.
Part of me leans more towards the weight.
Think about the hydraulics - water moves slower at the bottom due to friction, so a weighted fly will actually move slower because it will cut through the water easier and be less suspectable to be influenced from the leader within the faster water to be pulled up or perpendicular to the flow. But then i have more confidence in silver and tungsten than gold which I'd say is a result of pressured fish seeing more gold, so that leads to attraction.
So, basically what i finally figuring out is it just comes down to presentation and what you comfortable using. So, I think its easier to get a better presentation with a weighted fly. Whats everyone else's thoughts - weighted and unweighted?

 

[brookieaddict]

I cant believe this thread is still going lol. B.A.

 

[JustFish]

I like a bead head zug bug or prince nymph in higher more stained water conditions though. Right now I am on this kick with tying glass krystal beads onto my midge patterns which have produced on wilds, however, they don't add weight. I also use zebra midges with a bead and I produce a lot of wilds with that. Like a couple of other guys have already said use what you have confidence in.

 

[ginkyhackle]

I was recently nymphing on a very small stream in Chester County using beadheads. I was having a miserable time. The fish seemed to have no interest in taking beadheads, reguardless of the color of the bead.

I did notice that the position of the fish (wild browns) in the water column was a little unusual. They were hovering dead-center in spite of the shallowness of the stream. I switched to a nymph identical to the one I had been using, without the bead.

I decided to skitter the nymph on the initial cast rather than dead-drifiting it. This did the trick. I caught over a dozen large wild brown trout that day.

It think the bead may have nothing to do with it whatsoever, it probably has more to do with the position of the fish and the weight of the fly itself.

Ginky