Bubblehead
![Bubblehead Pattern](https://stonefly-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/recipe/Bubblehead/8E651352-069E-48FF-AAB0-6A1CE00B26B8_a8af2698-2cf8-474e-9e87-41d45494e277.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6ELRXV5Q4WWGRN6E&Signature=5Mft57tV%2FexHSS8%2B%2BcLcRGOpAeA%3D&Expires=1722666626)
Bubblehead Recipe
Hook:Hook - TMC 2488H
Thread:Thread - Uni Thread - 8/0
Body:Wire - Uni wire - XS
Wing case:Beads - Glass Bead - XS
Recipe By
Jay VerHelstHow to tie the Bubblehead
![Tying Bubblehead: Step 1](https://stonefly-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/recipe/Bubblehead/steps/7BD52B15-EDDB-4981-B24B-5B3BBE0FA307_29c36e65-fdb8-442f-b574-d0836cbef1.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6ELRXV5Q4WWGRN6E&Signature=gVXZpRaMXGRPcxoD%2BH57pESUk0Y%3D&Expires=1722666626)
Step 1: Start
Insert hook into bead and then into the vise
![Tying Bubblehead: Step 2](https://stonefly-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/recipe/Bubblehead/steps/DAE25C4E-A93B-446E-85D1-82DEE30D1F5D_3250f52a-2a86-48a3-923d-bb7c0501a6.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6ELRXV5Q4WWGRN6E&Signature=CWybuGTRalIh0jk%2F4b5C9zgOjU4%3D&Expires=1722666626)
Step 2: Thread
Start your thread and wrap to the rear of the hook
![Tying Bubblehead: Step 3](https://stonefly-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/recipe/Bubblehead/steps/357647B9-DC61-470E-BAEA-0633EE1014A6_383b451e-c5e4-405b-9d33-df52286776.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6ELRXV5Q4WWGRN6E&Signature=BxM65VYYLM4d6aq9vAIvt4VIahE%3D&Expires=1722666626)
Step 3: Wire
Tie in your wire and wrap the thread to the 2/3rds. Mark of the hook
![Tying Bubblehead: Step 4](https://stonefly-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/recipe/Bubblehead/steps/DF118AC0-EC4E-416C-83D7-46728725B095_94aef41d-4103-4438-8568-dff3fd0d42.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6ELRXV5Q4WWGRN6E&Signature=%2BXiOMKObB5AgSc9W%2Bz8FanGSk10%3D&Expires=1722666626)
Step 4: Ribbing
Wrap your wire up the shank toward the eye leaving space between wraps stopping at the 2/3rds. Mark and tie in. Ad a few extra wraps and whip finish the thread and trim the tag end of wire and thread
![Tying Bubblehead: Step 5](https://stonefly-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/recipe/Bubblehead/steps/A7E50956-A1CA-4529-A860-BF3FD1312854_0f65aca3-f692-4e09-ae53-b1cf520b00.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6ELRXV5Q4WWGRN6E&Signature=cAUs0AG5mtL1VuxkuqpW6c5IXQU%3D&Expires=1722666626)
Step 5: Head
Push the bead back against the wire and thread and tie in thread behind the eye of the hook. Create a head by wrapping thread back and forth from the eye to the bead and back again.
![Tying Bubblehead: Step 6](https://stonefly-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/recipe/Bubblehead/steps/B5540540-0736-458D-A5F1-960364F77568_da72a488-b231-4b51-bf04-9d313ee267.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6ELRXV5Q4WWGRN6E&Signature=P3gtkdofjp9ObJktIfw0kkH0s5A%3D&Expires=1722666626)
Step 6: Finished
Whip finish and trim off tag end. Great little dropper to drift to trout