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AKA: Haberdashery eyes

I am a firm believer that in some flies realistic eyes are a trigger that elicits a response from fish.

Whilst there are many ways of adding eyes to a fly one easy way to add a little more realism to a fly is to include a set of eyes made from a length of plastic bead chain.
Most recipes use the term "figure of eight wraps of thread" when describing how to tie in burnt monofilament eyes

The process for creating and tying in burnt monofilament eyes, using multiple diagonal wraps of thread, for a right handed fly tier is set out below. If your left handed don't forget to swap the instructions around.

A	Take a length of plastic bead chain eyes and with a pair of needle nose pliers squash off as many beads as required to leave you eyes that are the right width apart. For this size #2/0 fly I have removed 2 beads.

B	Tie the eyes in above the hook shank and half way between the split shot and the eye of the hook.

C	Trim the excess bead chain eyes away.

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