10-08-2007, 08:34 PM
I have never seen a plastic bead that is less dense than water so it will sink so I don't see how the bead will affect the sink rate of a cone.
I have never used a bead behind the cone to hold it in place. I have always used thread wraps and dubbing or herl to hold it in place. But sometimes the cone is cockeyed on the shank. The bead allows using less wraps and would tend to keep the cone oriented parallel to the shank.
The bead would also allow you to use less thread wraps to tighten it in place. Plus it would add a little more weight to get the fly down so it would aid in the sink rate not hinder it.
Big hole facing forward or back - The bigger hole normal faces rear ward because it aids in getting the bead past the barb as the front of the bead turns around the bend. If you debarb the hook before putting the bead on it becomes a mute point. If the hole in both sides of the bead arebig enough it does not matter which way it goes on. Except it may take a few more wraps of thread to fill in enough to secure the bead in place. The plastic beads I have used do not have a large hole and smaller hole. It is the same on both sides.
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I have never used a bead behind the cone to hold it in place. I have always used thread wraps and dubbing or herl to hold it in place. But sometimes the cone is cockeyed on the shank. The bead allows using less wraps and would tend to keep the cone oriented parallel to the shank.
The bead would also allow you to use less thread wraps to tighten it in place. Plus it would add a little more weight to get the fly down so it would aid in the sink rate not hinder it.
Big hole facing forward or back - The bigger hole normal faces rear ward because it aids in getting the bead past the barb as the front of the bead turns around the bend. If you debarb the hook before putting the bead on it becomes a mute point. If the hole in both sides of the bead arebig enough it does not matter which way it goes on. Except it may take a few more wraps of thread to fill in enough to secure the bead in place. The plastic beads I have used do not have a large hole and smaller hole. It is the same on both sides.
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