What secret Coley? Beads are all over the webz re WA steelheading, and have been for a couple years or more.

OPfisher,

As an old school swinger, I know little about nymphing, but used beads once in AK. Given that even a 12 mm bead is small relative to most steelhead lures, do nymphers use them only when fishing extremely clear water? I'm curious about how low of visibility water can be with beads still being effective.

Sg