Anyone see the rant column...

in American Angler?? It was by an Alaskan sportsman, and his problems with
fishing pegged beads.

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Scott Seidman wrote:
in American Angler?? It was by an Alaskan sportsman, and his problems with
fishing pegged beads.

No, but in looking for it online, I came across another nicely written
article at
http://www.alaskaflyfishingonline.co...ggsucking.html that
mentions the pegged beads. Apparently a lot of the crap I see on the
Salmon River in NY is common in Alaska as well. One could change the
names in the Alaska article to New York and not lose a whit of
relevence. It also puts my egg pattern conundrum from another thread
in a fresh light.

Joe F.

Scott Seidman wrote:
in American Angler?? It was by an Alaskan sportsman, and his problems with
fishing pegged beads.

Or did you mean this one from the Anchorage Daily News?
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/69...-6828460c.html

Wonderfully snarky, that one. a previous self-examination, I
definitely do not need to catch a fish that badly.

Joe F.

"rb608" wrote in
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Scott Seidman wrote:
in American Angler?? It was by an Alaskan sportsman, and his
problems with fishing pegged beads.

Or did you mean this one from the Anchorage Daily News?
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/69...-6828460c.html

Wonderfully snarky, that one. a previous self-examination, I
definitely do not need to catch a fish that badly.

Joe F.



I think it's the same author, different venue. Definitely the same
technique.


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On 26 Oct 2006 10:19:18 -0700, "rb608" wrote:

Scott Seidman wrote:
in American Angler?? It was by an Alaskan sportsman, and his problems with
fishing pegged beads.

Or did you mean this one from the Anchorage Daily News?
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/69...-6828460c.html

Wonderfully snarky, that one. a previous self-examination, I
definitely do not need to catch a fish that badly.

Joe F.

Ok, but where can I get some Tibetan tree skunk belly fur?

/daytripper (And can I dye it Chartreuse? ;-)

rb608 wrote:
Scott Seidman wrote:

I'm not sure what the "pegged bead" rig is.
If it's that unethical I'll have to figure it out and give
it a try.

There's another egg road to travel down that I tried out
this fall: soft plastic eggs, made from the same stuff
rubber worms are molded from.

These really are despicable. The trout give them
and tentative try, and then they keep on chewing.
I watched it happen in some crystal clear water, in
a channel between two lakes.

I'll have a package of those in my box every fall
now.

Scott Seidman wrote:
in American Angler?? It was by an Alaskan sportsman, and his problems with
fishing pegged beads.


I figured out what a pegged bead is: it's a clever, high-tech
strategy for snagging fish in the mouth, even after they have done
their best to reject your spurious offering.

That may be too far out there even for me.
Phew. That'd be saying something.

salmobytes wrote:
There's another egg road to travel down that I tried out
this fall: soft plastic eggs, made from the same stuff
rubber worms are molded from.

The other avenue has been discussed here previously - hot glue eggs.
My fishing buddy squirted out a bunch of those & showed me a couple. I
wouldn't use them. They definitely cross over whatever distinction I
draw for something to be called a fly.

There's a functional distinction between questionable flies &
questionable methods, however. I don't begrudge the molded flies so
much; but the intentional snagging in an abomination.

Joe F.

"salmobytes" wrote in
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Scott Seidman wrote:
in American Angler?? It was by an Alaskan sportsman, and his
problems with fishing pegged beads.


I figured out what a pegged bead is: it's a clever, high-tech
strategy for snagging fish in the mouth, even after they have done
their best to reject your spurious offering.

That may be too far out there even for me.
Phew. That'd be saying something.


I'd have no problem with them if the bead were pegged right at the hook.
Even then, if I guided out of an Alaskan lodge, and the guide was supposed
to provide flies, I'd be very upset if that were the only fly he had.

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Scott Seidman wrote:

I'd have no problem with them if the bead were pegged right at the hook.
Even then, if I guided out of an Alaskan lodge, and the guide was supposed
to provide flies, I'd be very upset if that were the only fly he had.

The regulation in Alaska is that the bead must be pegged to farther than
two inches above the hook.

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