beads

Tip: Long Leader Nymph Rig
Big and beautiful. Photo: Tosh Brown The flesh and bead bite is on in Alaska, and we're all excited. You have your rod and reel prepped, your bead box is...

Rigging Beads for Trout – Mind Your Peg
No peg in sight.. Perfect. Photos: Kyle Shea. Like it or not, no Alaska fly box is complete without a selection of egg patterns. Rainbow trout...

Makeshift Dolly Skaters
Mouse fly + bead = Mega dolly fun. Photo: Ben West. Dolly varden are a fan favorite during the back half of our season at Alaska...

Stone Beads
Stone, not plastic. Photo: Kyle Shea. In our neck of the woods, trout like eggs. Therefore, we tend to do a lot of bead fishing for trout...

Rigging Beads for Trout – 3 Methods
Okay, now what? Photo: Tosh Brown. It's that time of year again. Our early run salmon (namely king, chum, and sockeye) are in full spawning mode,...
Spicing Up Your Fly With a Bead
Eat me. Photo: Kyle Shea. There's no denying the effectiveness of bead fishing for trout in Alaska. As the prolific runs of salmon in Western Alaska...
Painting Beads for Trout
The toothpick method. Photo: Kyle Shea Targeting trout with beads might be one of the most debated techniques in our sport. Whether or not you find...