Weighting scuds

[SteveW]

Hello,
I have been trying to tie up some smaller scuds for crane creek in Central Missouri. I have been using 5/64 tungston beads in copper, but just do not like the beadhead look on scud patterns, but like the fast sinking action of the tungston. I found some tungston stretch lace at my local fly shop and decided to give it a try. How many wraps of the tubngston lace to mimic the weight and sinking action of the 5/64 tungston bead? Thanks

tight lines
Steve

[jszymczyk]

you're just going to have to try it and see.

OR, find someone with a reloading scale. Measure 10 of your beads, then keep chopping at a piece of your lace until you get to the same mass as ten beads. Measure the length of the lace, then divide by 10, and you have the length of lace equaling the mass of one bead.

The reason you use ten (or more) is that trying to measure one bead and one piece of lace would be a big pain in the a$$ and also it puts the amount of mass somewhere out away from the lower limit of the scale, which is just easier to work with.