rw wrote in news:44902088$0$18480
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You seem to ooze contempt.

I don't see any moral difference between using a pegged bead and a
conventional egg pattern (or for that matter any artificial lure).


Everyone makes their choices. I've seen people successfully trout
fishing by running a bit of colored sponge onto a size 12 Eagle Claw
snelled hook. I wouldn't do it. I don't know why I wouldn't do it, and
I don't need to know why, but I wouldn't do it.

So far as pegged beads go, for some reason I have alot of trouble
separating the practice from lining--perhaps because of all the lining I
see on the Ontario Tribs. I know it's quite possible to follow the law
and maintain a reasonable distance between hook and bead, and not "line"
the fish. In Alaska, this legal distance is be 2". I'm fine with this,
but I don't see much of an advantage over just using a blob of hot glue
on the hook itself. When the distance is more than 2", I can't see how
lining can be avoided-- you're just not enticing the fish to mouth the
hook, you're counting on the fish to mouth the bead, and by some magic
the hook ends up in the mouth.

Regardless of the regs, I've spoken with four or five people who's guides
rigged them up with pegged beads much more than 2" from the hook (though
perhaps this was before the 2" reg passed--I've no idea of the history).
I've heard from many more people who booked trips, and were disappointed
to be fishing exclusively with pegged beads, even though they caught
plenty of fish (and salmon among them, if not predominant)-- I think I
would be, too, regardless of regulations and whether the 2" distance were
followed or not. I just would not want to book the fly fishing trip of a
lifetime, and find myself fishing with pegged beads. It would be a sure
indication for me that I didn't do my homework on the guide in advance.
Of course, nobody is forcing you to fish a certain way, but if you can
avoid an awkward situation, its best avoided.

I guess it all comes down to guiding and expectations. If someone is
particular about the methods he uses, and books a trip, that person
should make arrangements in advance with the guide to make sure the guide
and sport see eye to eye well before they find themselves on the stream.


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Scott
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