What Keeps An Articulated Streamer From Fouling?

[TArcher]

After seeing a dozen different ways to tie an articulated streamer it has me wondering how they keep from fouling. Some use mono, braid, beading wire, etc. with glass beads and some use no beads at all. Articulated atreamers that use rabbit strips some tiers leave the rabbit strip between the two parts uncut to prevent fouling which to me limits the movement and defeats the purpose of an articulated streamer to begin with.

I assume the only way to make sure the streamer doesn't foul is to make sure the rear hook can't reach the front hook in any way or to cut off the front hook. I just don't see any way to make sure they won't foul unless the gaps between the front and rear hooks are longer. Some of the patterns I see being tied makes me think they might foul quite often.

Just looking for some answers. Oh....do the beads need to be glass beads? Can they be plastic? Thanks

[Leonard]

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[troutbum479]

I've used glass and plastic on my flies, the glass last longer than the plastic beads. I tie the rabbit strip in over the gap. Really how much side to side movement is there really going to be. In my opinion the way you cast determines if the fly will foul. Sometimes my fly won't foul after using it all day until I get tired and start making lazy cast. You might want to PM Jeremy Hunt or Brian Wise they both use and tie articulated flies.

[Micheal Kyle]

Piano wire .005 with beads. Look at anything Kelly Galloup and go to steelhead alley and look at Michael Schmidts flies

Good luck

[Trout Commander]

I use Beadalon like Mike @ Steelhead Alley.

[TArcher]

Okay thanks guys