The Miyuki Mini-gouttes glass beads are available in about 100 different colours and I use them for un-weighted and weighted nymphs. I tied some good nymphs with Mini-gouttes, which most popular one I will show in this article. I will also include some of Branko’s Miyuki nymphs because he is the one who introduce me to this amazing new pattern. Now that I have a big enough supply of tungsten OFF-Beads, I have started to use them permanently for my Leadheaded Grayling Bugs, such as the Leadhead and Peeping Caddis. For my updated Leadhead version 2.0, I am using Semperfli’s Straggle String for the bodies. I think this new OFF-Bead provides an excellent opportunity to update my Leadhead to version 3.0.

Dressing Miyuki nymph (unweighted version as pheasant tail variant)

Hook:            Daiichi 1280,1180, 1182 or 1260 size 10-14
Bead:             Miyuki Mini-gouttes 3.4mm Colour DPF 20
Thread:         Uni-Thread 8/0 black
Tail:               Five pheasant tail fibres
Ribbing:        Gold wire or Semperfli pure silk orange or golden yellow
Body:             About five pheasant tail fibres
Thorax:         Self-made dubbing from hare’s fur mixed with extra fine Spectraflash
Hackle:          Very soft partridge hackle or similar
Head:             Black

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