Why so many nymphs with black beads?

[castsN2trees]

What about bass? What do they like? Inquiring minds need to know.

Oddly enough, bass prefer Mongolian throat singing… my guess is that they pick up the low tones on their lateral lines… anything by The Hu will work for any species of bass, and also golden dorado…

 

[Travis Bille]

I tend to go for the dark beads in Stillwater indicator situations. Just sitting there under a float in lake, it seems like fish can check their hair and teeth in a shiny bead, although they work, too.

Mostly, I want to hear about Chinook on a little nymph.

I get them from time to time on the Trinity River down here in CA on a #12 red copper john, of all things

 

[jact55]

looks like a mostly black head to me.
Yes, I'm a weirdo and just randomly have dead bugs in my truck while I drive around


But mainly due to style and catching the fisherman's fashion sense. I have black, gold, brass, and probably some rainbows. I grab for black most often
But rarely fish any of them, opt for the floating type of flies.

 

[GAT]

I tie my flies with both black and gold beads. Sometimes it makes a difference. During one trip to East Lake in Oregon, a Gold Ribbed Hares Ear pattern with a black bead head was the hot fly. No bead or a gold bead didn't work worth a hoot but one with a black bead did. This may be because East has huge callibaetis hatches and a GRHE is a good representation for the nymphs, especially with a dark head.

I see no reason to be dedicated to one color over another when either one could end up the most desirable. Fish are fickle so I allow for that fact.