Making Nobbler heads

Dog Nobbler and similar flies based on the concept of a lead head on the fly, painted in different colors with painted eyes on is a fly with attractiveness and weight. The weight gives the fly a jigging movement that is often irresistible for fish. Here is a short description of how you make your own Nobbler heads. 

Material

Hook: Any kind of  streamer, long shank or even standard wet hook. I prefer the curved nymph hook, mostly because it gets fancier flies with this type of hook. Size 6-10 

Lead: Super soft lead shot, size BB- No.1. I prefer no.1 lead shot but if you need realy heavy depth chargers you can even use size AAA. Be careful when you use them so that they don't hit you when you are throwing your fly cast. It will hurt 

Glue: Super glue

Paint: Black and yellow  water based paint. Humbrol have a wide scale of colors and it dries really fast.

Other: Pliers, brush, scissors that you not care about, a stick approximately 3 mm diameter and pointed on one end (i use a barbecue stick  made of bambu or a toothpick) and a wine cork 

 

1. Take a lead shot and open it up to about 90 degrees angle with the scissors. 

2. Take the hook and place a tiny drop of super glue just behind the hook eye.

3. Place the hook in the open lead shot and squeeze it together with the pliers.

4. I use to prepare a lot of lead heads before i start painting them.
A cork is good to place the hooks on for handling them for painting them later.  

5. Paint the lead heads with black paint and leave them to dry. 

6.Take the stick and dip the wider end in yellow paint and make a dot on each side of the lead shot.  

7. Leave the hooks to dry.. 

8. Now use the smaller end of the stick and make smaller black dots on the yellow dots. 

9. Leave to dry. 

10. After the paint have dried the hooks are ready for dressing.