I know guys who use beads to side drift and they catch fish. There is no way that the fish are being flossed but....there are the guys that just can't get it right the legal way so flossing is the only way they will get a fish to the bank. Also the "pegged bead" method with fly fisherman works without flossing. I know some fly fisherman have been accused of flossing with that technique but again, the fish do actually hit the bead. I fish it with a floating line mended with the bead heading straight down stream on and an indicator, and sometimes as a trailer behind a fly. If you ever get a chance to fly fish for feeding trout with beads behind spawning salmon do it. It’s a blast. I’ve watched the trout swim right up to the bead and take it. I don't get why people want to floss/snag. How could anyone think it's a good thing?