Glass bead eyes

[SheTies]

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[TyroneFly]

She Ties,

Very informative article. I have one question. How long do you hold the mono near the flame to prepare it for the flattening?

Thank you.

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[SheTies]

Not very long, depending on how close you are to the flame <1-3 seconds. When the mono starts to melt you will notice that a ball will form. Once that happens flatten it out to hold the beads.

[Mike.K]

thats a fantastic idea, i just bought a crapload of small beads, different colours, and they turned out to be too small for anything......but this, thank you

[flymaker2]

That's cool SheTies. Now how about posting a photo of one of your Dragon Nymph's on which you have used these beads? Please?

Rich

[dixieangler]

Glass bead eyes sort of like this?

Tertuliani's RedEye Crayfish
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Sebring, FL

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[bowrivertyer]

Excellent tip sheties. I have passed it on to a couple of friends that tie realistics and they see potential to making some steps in realistics easier. Thanks on behalf of my friends and myself.

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[SheTies]

I'm happy to share, I thought that they were a good idea too.

Rich, I may just be able to do that sometime this month. I'm going on a mini holiday and have lots of tying to do before then. I am sure that some damsels are on the list.

[GILs_GONE_WILD]

I've been doing the mono/glass bead thing for quite a while now on shrimp and crab patterns.

I've found that occasionally the bead will slip back from the melted end so you might want to put a small drop of Zap-A-Gap or Krazy Glue Gel on the opposite side of the bead from the melted end.

Just my 2?

[ducksterman]

Do you think the heat source makes any difference?

In the past I have used a gas lighter and found too often the mono would catch fire and blacken...probably because I was trying to get too big a ball. Flattening like you do seems to be a good idea to avoid that. Thanks.