How to rig trout beads??

A kind gentleman gave my wife some trout beads on Elk on Nov 1st and I ordered some that night.   He said to loop the tippet through 4 times and put a bare hook 2 inches below.  Is the bare hook legit in Pa?  is this the best way to rig them?  Does anyone use more than one bead?
 
 
 
 

I prefer to heat up the bead with a lighter and 'glue' it to the top of the hook shank.

If you still want to fish them above the hook, you can also peg them with a toothpick.

Thanks
Rick

I've used them with good success.
My rigging was simple.
I simply slip the line thru the bead and tie on a small hook.

as long as the bead hole is small enough that it doesn't slip past the hook eye, you're good to go.

I don't fish beads a lot anymore, I experimented with them quite a bit a few years ago one season.
Of the fish landed, all were hooked inside the mouth.
I don't recall any hooks being excessively deep in the mouth or in the throat.

it would stand to reason if you pegged them higher above the hook (or looped as the duud suggested) you'd hook more fish outside the mouth/lip.
To "me" that would still be a fair hooked fish though
Others might disagree.

I've also read here concerning beads, that some states restrict how far up the bead can be pegged.
As I understand it, that restriction was to reduce the chance of wild C&R only fish from being hooked in the eye socket after biting the bead


..L.T.A.

The way I used trout beads was to thread the leader through the bead and tie on a small hook.  I would then put a small split shot about 8 to 10 inches up the leader.  The bead was free to slide up and down the leader from the hook to the split shot.  This set up is easy and works OK.  Another way I have used trout beads is to afix them to a small hook.  I put a short piece of monofilament through the bead and use the tag ends to tie onto the hook.  This basically looks like a single egg on the hook and has worked very well.
 
 

http://www.akprobeads.com/

http://www.troutbeads.com/How_To.html

http://www.lakemichiganangler.com/store/Pline_Fish_Egg_Beads.htm

I agree with Cast by fly, I just heat up the hook and press it into the bead, making a moe egg. You can make egg clusters this way also. Heat the bead just till it starts to burn, then press another bead onto it and repeat. Soon you will have a gob of eggs. I tie on some white egg yarn as milt on the top then coat the whole glob with super glue and brush it all over. When it dries it helps hold them together and adds a milky white appeareance to the cluster as well. If I run out of real egg sacks I'll tie on one of these.