that's my question. Refering specifically to nymphs....

I've never been able to decide whether to weight the nymphs I tie or not.

Do I not weight any of the nymphs I tie, and just use split shot on the leader, as needed?

Do I weight all the nymphs I tie with lead ( or lead substitute )?

Do I only weight some of the nymphs I tie... If so how to tell them apart from un-weighted nymphs? ( I know some tyers always finish the heads with a specific color thread, eg red, if the nymph is weighted - this bothers me on an aesthetic level )

If I'm only going to weight some of my nymphs, would it be better to use beads/beadheads, so that it is always obvious which nymphs are weighted and which are not?

I'm in a quandry with all these ideas runnning through my head, and haven't been able to come up with a method that I'm happy with.

I'm curious how you other tyers approach this thoroughly perplexing problem.


mAngler

(Before someone asks.... Yes, I have been accused of over analysing things before)