I bought these off of ebay for a great price. They are glass and silver lined. 6/0 size
Now I mainly fish warm water and trout streams. These would make great salmon flies but what type of warm water or trout patterns can be tied with them?
How about a bead head woolly bugger?
I think I’d go with purple patterns.
I make a caddis pupa that is blue beads with dubbing in between, but the blue is a lot darker than this, if it is accurate.
I have no idea but I like the way you do stuff. Buy cool supplies then try to find a way to use it. 
Eric,
Here are some ideas:
Try replacing this pattern’s body with your beads: http://flytyer.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/lsr_bbc.jpg
Glass Bead Caddis: http://loomisflyfisher.blogspot.com/2007/12/glass-bead-caddis-patterns.html
Bead Scud: http://www.geocities.com/riverdancesofnm/images/beadscud.jpg
Use the beads for the body: http://www.acc.umu.se/~widmark/fly/bead4.jpg
Use the bead as a bubble: http://www.ifly4trout.com/images/Bead%20Bubble%20Midge%20sm.jpg
Use the bead behind the hackle: http://www.flymph.com/assets/images/PTSH-Metal-Bead.jpg
N.Z. Bead Fly: http://www.bishfish.co.nz/images/beadflyme.jpg
Doug
Blue plastic worms have been a staple for bass fishermen for years, I have had some success with blue popping bugs. How about a blue glass bead worm? Maybe a little hot pink marabou or fur on the end of a small rubber strand connected to bead hook. I think I just figured out how to use some odd black beads I have.
A local trout guide ties a version of a lightning bug he call a blue assasin which has a blue collar. I tie a version with blue legs and tails and a blue collar (I call it “Dress Blues” as in formal wear) which I have had some success with also.
Good luck let us know how it work out. You might want to check with a bass fisherman who has one of those color selector electronic gadgets on water color and light when blue works best.
Try a Briminator using some of the bluish feathers from a Pheasant skin…I started using red glass beads with them this year and it really brought some SM’s to the hook.
That is the true color of the beads. It is also one of the first macro shots taken with my new K10D. I like all of the ideas you all gave for patterns too. I am going to try them all.
Thanks.
Clay,
I hear ya!
One of the reasons I do that is I think fish key on the prey that looks out of the ordinary. Perhaps it triggers their curiosity but I think it more likely to trigger their instinct to prey upon the weakest of a species. I have no evidence to back this up, just some experiences. Same reason I do not worry about that perfect wing, tail, etc… Ugliness and cripples catch fish!
Several years ago Chris W a fellow FAOL put me onto this type of bead. I have been using them quite a bit with good success. Most of that success has come from gills, crappie & perch. I have about decided that the color of the bead matters more to the angler than the fish. I think the sea kittens are attacked by the shine not the shade.
In addition to using them as beaded wooleys I use them as bead headed dragon fly nymphs. One of my favorite pattens is a snap to tie and has counted for a lot of gills.
Take a #10 hook (I use Mustad 3366) and tie a body of punch yarn & the bead. I build up the rear of the body with one color of yarn, then the bead ,and then another color of yarn for the head. I try to make the rear part of the body slighly larger than the head.
I bought most of my beads from Michael’s craft store.
Hope this helps.
Tim
Eric, I think this fly cries out for those beads…
http://www.bobwards.com/products2.cfm/ID/38083/c/fly-fishing-flies
There’s a thread here on FAOL …just search Batman Nymph…
I bought a big bag of multi-colored beads like those and use them as bead heads on wooly buggers by matching the bead color to the bugger color.