Rattles?

[JeremyW]

Does anyone tie in rattles either the store bought glass ones, or homemade?

 

[Bamboozle]

IF I think a rattle would be beneficial on a fly (like a crayfish pattern) in a particular situation, while fishing I'll thread an extra small bead or two on my tippet above a beadhead fly, similar to the way a Carolina Rig works...

...and yes I carry loose beads and conehead cones in my bass fishing gear.

I don't bother adding real rattles.

 

[JeremyW]

IF I think a rattle would be beneficial on a fly (like a crayfish pattern) in a particular situation, while fishing I'll thread an extra small bead or two on my tippet above a beadhead fly, similar to the way a Carolina Rig works...

...and yes I carry loose beads and conehead cones in my bass fishing gear.

I don't bother adding real rattles.

that's a solid idea, I have some of those beads ...

 

[Bamboozle]

Use the littlest brass beads or beads made of glass or plastic so you don't make your fly TOO heavy.

 

[Facemelted]

If you do go the rattle route, don't bother with the plastic ones. They're dull sounding. Glass is the best.

Whenever I tie things like Drunk's and Swinging D's I always incorporate rattles.

 

[JerryC]

I've used rattles in some of my flies. Clousers, Crease flies, sometimes poppers. Might have to tie up a couple of crayfish patterns with them to see if it makes a difference. I use glass rattles rather than plastic ones
Here's a couple of flies. One with a rattle, the other with beads.

 

[Fredrick]

I have found that the glass rattles crack way to easily and let water in and they stop working. So I have switched to plastic ones, but they don't come in the smaller sizes the glass ones do.

 

[lars]

i've messed around with bead chain and mono on some muddler type flies.