Gamakatsu’s New Dropper Beads

[flyfishmaster]

I just saw this new product from Gamakatsu on the market to make tying on a dropper fly eaiser with less tangles during casting. It is a clear glass bead that slides on your line above the attached leader. This allow the dropper fly to move independant from the normal first attached fly.

But when looking at this, I think the rig is not legal according to Missouri law. Any multiple fly rigs need to be attached to the hook of the previous fly.

I like the look of this product, but too bad we can't use it around here.

What are your thoughts?

Here is the site :Click here

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DROPPER BEADS

Anyone who has ever fished with a two fly rig has experienced the frustration of seeing it come back in a tangled mess. Gamakatsu’s new Dropper Beads will help alleviate that problem. The Dropper Bead is a clear plastic oval bead with a hole running length wise through the center that the leader goes through and a second hole underneath it running perpendicular to the other one to attach a dropper line to. The easiest way to rig it is to put it on the leader before tying the tippet. The tippet knot will keep it from sliding forward. Once in place, the dropper line can be easily attached. Since the Dropper Bead can slide and spin on the line, the dropper fly is less likely to tangle with the fly on the tippet. The Dropper Bead is also neutrally buoyant and won’t interfere with the cast or prevent the leader from turning over. They’re useful for other purposes like attaching a strike indicator or attaching a weight.

The Dropper Beads are available in 3 sizes, Large, Medium and Small to accommodate different line sizes and applications.

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[Brian Wise]

FFM,

When you say "need to be attached to the hook" does the law say "need" or "must"? I never knew that and have never heard that. That would make all Wet Fly and Czech Nymphing rigs illegal as they are tied from the leader on a tag end from a knot.

I saw those dropper beads and had to laugh a little. I am a guy that uses dropper exclusively where they are legal...if I am nymphing I will be using at least 2 flies and don't really think the beads would speed things up or help much at all for me. I see setting up several dropper rigs prior to getting on-stream as being a better idea. Maybe even one of the dropper boxes designed to hold those rigs. I'd be interested to see why we can't use wet fly rigs and czech nymping rigs though, do you have a link to that anywhere?

If I am breaking the law by fishing a czech nymping rig in Missouri....I'll keep fishing it.

Brian

[flyfishmaster]

Brian,

Here is a previous Posting with a lot of Info: http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?s...amp;hl=multiple

But TimsFly has the specfic line that tells it all:

One of the local game wardens down here at R.R. told me that a fly that is tied togeather and fished as a single fly, needs to have one hook, not two, if you have two flies tied togeather with a piece of mono, tied in at the hook bend or at the eye of the fly and being fished as two seperate flies, that is what he would define as a single fly and a dropper, a fly tied at the vise and being held togeather with wire or mono, but being actually one fly, to be legal would only have one hook, not two, so you can tie them in the articulate style, but cut a hook off to make it legal.

Later,

FFM

[Brian Wise]

Ok, so multiple fly rigs in fly only zones in the trout parks I could see not being kosher but I was thinking more along the lines of regular trout streams which can be fished basically with as many flies tied onto a leader as you can fit--if you would want to do that.

Also could it be that when the warden said that he just didn't add the point of tying flies onto the tag end of a knot, or may not have even known about doing that (I say that because our wardens around here couldn't tell you the difference in line, leader, or tippet unless it has to do with turkey hunting, deer hunting, or bass fishin on the lakes )

Brian

[flyfishmaster]

So Brian what I getting out of this is when you say the word "fly" to the warden in your area, he looks down at this pants to see if it is unzipped?

And the definition a multiple fly rig is a pair of pants with two zippers on it?

Am I hearing what you are saying.

Later,

FFM

FYI: I think the way you are rigging it is legal.

[Brian Wise]

Exactly!

Brian