Anyone see the rant column...

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.

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.