Inverted bead ?

[skiltonian]

I picked up some inverted beads ( jig bombs) and planned to use them on jig hooks only to find out they are intended for regular nymph hooks. Playing with placement on a jig hook, I think I should put the concave slot towards the eye. Is this correct? Is there any advantage to placing it the other way and tying in the bead at the bend of the eye to get the bead to sit at 90 degrees from the shank? Please educate me on the proper use of inverted beads and if they should be used for any specific patterns. Thanks in advance.

 

[kbobb]

Point of hook goes into the smaller hole. Superglue bead right at the eye of hook and invert the hook so the bead sits appropriately while glue dries. Then tie fly normally.. This video should help but you don't nead the lead wire if you superglue the bead in the appropriate position:

 

[albatross]

I use this type of bead on both regular and jig-style nymph hooks. I do like to orient them so the little cup (depression) is towards the eye. Learned a little trick from Oholi's Flies Vid about Tung Beads to do a once or twice figure 8 wrap of thread to help orient the offset bead when you first tie it on.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="

" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[Kms]

Point of hook goes into the smaller hole. Superglue bead right at the eye of hook and invert the hook so the bead sits appropriately while glue dries. Then tie fly normally.. This video should help but you don't nead the lead wire if you superglue the bead in the appropriate position:

Both of these video creators are far more skilled and experienced than I am, yet both of these videos leave something to be desired.

Flagler’s direction to “rotate the bead to the top of the hook and quickly shove it forward” is some weird advice. Better to not rely on speed and start with the hook upside down like the Oholi does in the second video and do some cross wraps to position the bead.

But relying solely on thread as Oholi does still leaves the bead somewhat mobile. After the wraps if you glue the bead to the hook by saturating the thread with tiny drops of very thin superglue, then the superglue+thread combination secures the bead better than either alone.

 

[salmo]

I use the Jigoff beads on both types of hooks.

,