Hanak Competition Body+ Tungsten Beads

For the deep holes where even the heaviest tungsten bead just doesn’t get you to the bottom of the water, Hanak has you covered with their Competition Body+ Tungsten Beads. Hanak’s Body+ is up to three times heavier than a tungsten bead and are super easy to integrate into your fly patterns. Designed to quickly add weight while providing some profile to your flies, these beads come in a variety of sizes and colors to let you imitate exactly what’s in your local water. These body beads are made with a slot so that they can be easily tied onto the shank, and the head of them can be left uncovered to imitate large nymph heads or act as an attractor bead. An excellent addition to your tying arsenal, these beads will help you get deep and find fish whether you’re hitting a really high water situation in early spring or bouncing the bottom of a deep hole looking for giants.

Uses

The Competition Body+ Tungsten Beads are made for quickly getting your fly deep. These beads excel in deep and fast water situations and will make your flies sink quicker than most other options. Also, Hanak’s Competition Body+ Tungsten Beads provide a little bulk and profile to your flies, and the head of these beads can be left blank to act as a realistic head for larger nymphs or just function as a bead head.

Comparisons
Hareline makes a very similar product with their Stout Tungsten Bead Bodies. These have a very close shape to Hanak’s Competition Body+ Tungsten Beads and they’re also slotted and made from tungsten for super fast sinking and ease of tying. Although these two products have a lot in common, two differences are that each of these body beads comes in a different assortment of weights, and Hareline’s Stout Tungsten Bead Bodies offer non-metallic colors such as fluorescent orange and a few others.