Fishing Report 11/15/14

[kjackson]

I've fished beads for trout in the Kenai, and it can be deadly. However, we were fishing below spawning salmon, so it was a no-brainer imitation. I've not fished them for trout in other situations, yet. As far as the pegging goes, the bead is pegged above the hook at something like three inches so that there was little gill damage. There was a regulation about how far the bead had to be pegged, but what the specifics were....

I'm bringing my fly stuff out of retirement with an eye to fishing the tailwater and will give beads a whack after Thanksgiving. I've not flyfished for maybe five years, so it's going to be fun.

[Jason R.]

I've pegged beads- mostly at Beaver actually. It works really well but it was so annoying to rig up I mostly just fish an egg fly if I need an egg imitation. You have to carry loose hooks with you and I was always losing them. It really is killer for trout though. Lately all I use are eggs tied on jig heads- just so easy.