I always feel a little sheepish browsing through the beads at Michael's with all the young folks.

The other day I was tying some #6 Hexagenia Limbata nymphs and found that I did not have the Spirit River X-small eyes called for. Having a brain storm, I decided to purchase some small black beads and strung two of them on a piece of .021 leader material at a close distance, super glued them in place and cut the leader behind the second bead. WALLA, I had perfect eyes for the nymph. Michael's is great in an emergency.