Description

The Lost Fly supplies select fly tying materials, lovingly prepared in Tasmania, for the Australian fly tying market, including the new Lost Fly Bead Chain Eyes.

They call flies tied with bead chain eyes whistlers because of the whistling noise they make as they sail past your ear at 176 miles-per-hour. This is ordinary but excellent stuff for making lightly weighted flies for fresh and saltwater fish.

We know, seriously, that it is important to not over weight our flies. This is especially true for flats fishing where a too-heavy fly will not be eaten by bonefish or permit. On the other hand, a not heavily enough weighted fly will not reach the proper depth in time for the fish to see it.

Bottom line, even though bead chain has been around forever, it has a revered place in our fly bench.

These metal bead chains for are still popular for bass, streamers, and saltwater patterns. I love to use them for damsel patterns too, offering just a little weight to slowly sink the fly, but not so much that it smashed the water’s surface. Will not tarnish. The length of chain in the package is about 10″.

Available in range of colours to match other fly tying products from The Lost Fly. Separate listings can be found on the Troutlore site for other colours, including Gold, Silver, Bronze and Black