I didn't take you for a purist Todd!

OK, a bead isn't a fly, being solid plastic and all. But is a globug tied with yarn a legitimate fly? Most people say it is because it qualifies as either a tie to imitate food or as an attractor. I don't know about steelhead, but everything I hear about trout fishing in AK - and my personal experience is too limited - is that the trout are gobbling loose eggs up and swallowing them so fast that too many trout taken on globugs get hooked far back in the throat, whereas with pegged beads they get flossed from the outside in or at worst, hooked in the hinge of the jaw on the inside. Quite the controversy for some, since flossing is defined as unsporting, yet it demonstrably harms far fewer fish.

Interesting statement by Coley that a fair amount of the time he can fish a bead better with a fly rod than with conventional gear. I would think a spinning rod and greased line or braid would make for the most natural drift.

I don't know if it's analogous to putting steak recipes on a PETA board. I was thinking maybe it's closer to fvking for chastity.

Sg