Would this be legal

One hook, it's legal. I use them.  I tie the rear nymph  on stainless wire . 

well yes a bead not attached in some way to the hook without material is not legal in the fly zones.
I will say this.. They are a cheap easy high, they do work when you fish them be it correct in the fly zone or other areas .. Sometimes better then some yarn or glo bug material.. Why ? I don't know why.. Do you need them away from the hook ? Nope, not really..
 
 

Clint thanks for the pic..
Id say fish it.. Fish it and it will catch fish..
Intent, intent is what its about to me.. Regs are for those with bad intent..
Too many regs spoil the fun for those trying to fool the fish instead of the fishers.
 
 

hot tuna

Clint thanks for the pic..
Id say fish it.. Fish it and it will catch fish..
Intent, intent is what its about to me.. Regs are for those with bad intent..
Too many regs spoil the fun for those trying to fool the fish instead of the fishers.

I agree whole heartedly, Tuna, but a few years back on Irondequoit Creek, I was fishing to a fish I could see in one of the riffs of the falls stretch, and I had a warden come over and tell me he thought i was trying to lift the fish.  I told him that I was fishing to the only visible fish around as opposed to walking around and fishing the water to either invisible or non existent fish, and that if I was trying to lift the fish, I would have been done 20 minutes earlier.  He left me alone after that, but I think they would as readily write you or me for a misplaced bead as some heavy weight C+Der repeatedly lifting and releasing in the Fly Zone.  No beef with the ECO's either, it is a tough job, there are always little grey areas, and they can certainly have their hands full on tribs like the Genesee where they get no support from the judges, and they need to speak Russian and Spanish to communicate with the "anglers."
 
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I had a great time on the Little Lehigh in Allentown once.  The Genesee is in an urban center, low income area, and it gets a lot of " subsistence" types.  I tend to only go when there is a lot of other activity and people around.  It can be good water, but it'll never be wilderness! 
 
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Ouch!  It was quite a while ago, and it was upstream in a petting zoo downstream from a hatchery, but it was loaded with huge fish, there was a ngood hatch of mayflies, and there were also 17 year cicadas hatching, so the big fish were going after big stuff on top.  Above the Gennie gorge there are some places that I do not want to break down in, but A town sounds scary!
 
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Lucky,you were fishing on the Heritage section,C&R flyfishing only.I USED to frequent that area but lost interest as the fish today run alot smaller and way fewer of them.I do however walk my dog there a couple times a week
Don't want to give you the wrong impression of Atown,it's not that bad but there are areas you want to avoid just like most cities today.

I'm just wondering after reading lucky13 comments about a warden suspicious of him lifting to snag. Do they know there is a difference in sports angler using different methods and technics or just picking on avid or expert anglers ? I mean how does one argue if a warden convicts one for lifting ? I would probably tear up any such summons and never return to Pulaski if I had even a close encounter with such agencies..Can't imagine that goes over well anywhere in the state but, than the sr is a zoo of all kinds of experts.