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I feel dirty when I use them, but I have.
I got buck fever one time on the S/F Stilly. Was winter gear fishing with Sand shrimp. I was reeling in my line to get in another drift and to check my bait.. I looked down stream and there were 2 fish following my set up. Of course I Choked. I jerked my line and they just peeled off. I never did that again.
I dislike beads because guides can have clients roll out a 10' cast, back row, and people with zero skills can catch 8-10 fish a day and call it fly fishing.
This is why I'm an advocate for mandatory retention.
If you want to harvest, beads are a great way to do it. If you just want to catch and release, challenge yourself.
Can't believe I just registered to talk about beads...
I want to be angry at using beads, but that's not fair to the beads. When I think of fishing beads, I picture someone fishing 12 miles of river in the front of a raft with minimal casting and mending required. If you hoof your ass into a winter steelhead river, cast and mend your 8weight single hander til your arm falls off, and somehow manage to hook a fish in 2022, then I'm not going to begrudge you your fly-caught steelhead when I see you got a bead tooth-picked in.
That sounds like ME....last week. I think I'm still sore. But I have no illusions of thinking that little feisty buck was caught on a fly. Fly rod, yes. But I've never been under the illusion that a bead is a fly.If you hoof your ass into a winter steelhead river, cast and mend your 8weight single hander til your arm falls off, and somehow manage to hook a fish in 2022, then I'm not going to begrudge you your fly-caught steelhead when I see you got a bead tooth-picked in.
I have, but they don't squirm and flop much after the 4th or 5th cast...Beads are great and all, but have you tried a floppy pink worm??
Only when it's 'wacky rigged' but as I noted above, I'm a purist.Beads are great and all, but have you tried a floppy pink worm??
What color of beads do you run on those nets?I have salmon fished on seiners when 5000 fish were put on board in a single set. I have put over 2000 reds on the deck of my gill netter in one set. I have pulled almost a 1000 reds at one pull on my brother’s reef net gear. Of all those fish caught, by far the most enjoyable form of catching tons of salmon was the hardest, reef netting.
A White KS- 15 one about every three feetWhat color of beads do you run on those nets?