Glass Beads

The forums are very quiet

The Global FlyFisher forum has existed for almost as long as the site, and the oldest posts are more than 20 years old. Forums aren't what they used to be. Social media has taken over a lot of their roles, and the GFF forum is very quiet ... to put it mildly.
We keep everything online for the sake of history, and preserve the posts for as long as possible, but as you will see, quite a few of them aren't in a good shape, but rely on old images hosted elsewhere, which are no longer available, odd codes from old systems and much more, which can't be shown in a decent way.
But the posts are here, and you can - if you insist - start new threads and reply to old ones. But don't stay awake waiting for replies, because they are unfortunately few and far apart.
Martin

Patterns

Hey fly-tyiers and bead buyer's,

I have been using glass beads for a number of years now especially for my own adaption of Czech Nymphs.
Simple patterns - 3 or 4 glass beads of the same dull colour tied of on a size 10 or 12 shrimp / scud hook.
Colours I mainly use are dark brown, dark greens and greys. I even use a red bead for a hotspot.
I have taken many grayling and browns on these patterns and now my box is simply 95% beads. I love using them.

Anyone else with experience with using glass beads? I'd love to hear stories, patterns and ideas.

Thanks a trillion...
"The waters very" Ripley.

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