Disproportionate nymphs that look like jigs???

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Flymph

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Is it just "old school" me or a lot of nymphs made with beads that look waaaaay too large for that hook let alone in proportion to the body of the nymph. What bug in nature has that kind of irregular monster head? Yes, they need weight to go get down to the rocks. Nevertheless, fly tying has always been about an earnest effort to match the hatch and not use "sinkers" with some thread and ribbing.
 
My earnest effort when fly tying is whipping up something that catches fish. I think euro nymphing introduced a lot of the fly styles you are referencing. Love it or hate it, it’s effective.

Besides, what’s more earnest. A nymph with a giant oversized tungsten bead or a traditional unweighted nymph fished with split shot?
 
Sounds like fun.
I tried sand shrimp for springers one year on the Sul Duc but caught a wild steel head. Released it, but ended up using 1/4 oz jigs to catch a couple springers
 
I believe a fly with a bead fishes better than a fly without when presenting an induced take lift. Air bubble maybe? Not sure what the critters see.
 
Flymph said:
Is it just "old school" me or a lot of nymphs made with beads that look waaaaay too large for that hook let alone in proportion to the body of the nymph. What bug in nature has that kind of irregular monster head? Yes, they need weight to go get down to the rocks. Nevertheless, fly tying has always been about an earnest effort to match the hatch and not use "sinkers" with some thread and ribbing.
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I tend to use small tungsten beads, 3mm or smaller. I like the way my nymphs look and share your feelings on the subject.
 
I'm not sure that there's much agreement on what a "nymph" is in flyfishing circles. I was recently corrected when I suggested a chironomid pupae was a nymph: "No, it's a midge pupae". Oh? Okay... maybe, maybe not. A midge pupae isn't a nymph? (Damn, I better remark those fly boxes.)

I haven't gotten into Euro nymphing other than one brief try using a conventional fly rod with a jury rigged leader (complete with a sighter, if that's the right term). But I do fish a local stream affected by the lake elevation below the stream. When the lake is full, there's a section of stream that flows slow and is quite deep with some of the runs fairly short. I want my flies to get down quickly so I do oversize the beads and fish something similar to @Billy's Gloater. I found they work pretty well there so I've also oversized beads on some of my stillwater "nymphs" (callings some of the crap I tie nymphs is really a stretch.)
 
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