Scott,

Thanks for providing all of these SBS's. This is a great looking fly, so I could not resist tying a few of them. On my first one, I had a heck of a time getting the bead on the end of the wire. Dropped a couple of them, which I presume will eventually be found when cleaning the floor.
I keep copper wire on a bobbin, so I figured on the second fly I would just thread the bead on the wire before tying the wire in. This was *MUCH* easier for me. Don't know if you have tried it this way, but this is the way I will always do it from now on.

Regards,
Ted