I posted up some gill tricks awhile back for chironomids, but found that I was struggling tying down the gills once I had run them through my bead without having the thread already on the hook. So I figured out something else.
So I put the bead on to start, lay down some thread and then I push the threader through the bead. After that I pull my gill material through the threader, and then through the bead. After that it is easier to tie the gills off.
Wrap thread behind the bead.
Push threader through the bead.
Insert gill material into the threader.
Pull the gill material through.
Trim!
So I put the bead on to start, lay down some thread and then I push the threader through the bead. After that I pull my gill material through the threader, and then through the bead. After that it is easier to tie the gills off.
Wrap thread behind the bead.

Push threader through the bead.

Insert gill material into the threader.

Pull the gill material through.

Trim!

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