Trout Beads on the SR

Let me mention that I have checked the archives and to my surprise I found limited information.  Let me also mention that my intent is not to create an inflammatory discussion on whether or not they should be used.  The question really comes down to whether or not they are legal on the river and surrounding tribs given the bare hook.  I couldn't find anything, but figured that most of you would know best.  Additionally, if they are legal, does anyone know whether you can take it to the next level like pinning two beads i.e. one 10 mm further up the leader.
 
This is my first post so take it easy on me.  A few friends and I plan to go up October 20th for hopefull Steelies, maybe a brown or two and of course mud sharks, we will be fishing various tribs in the area.  Typically we fish egg sacks, pink worms, and skeen, but found a lot of information on beads that simply sparked my curiousity. 
 
Lastly, would a King or Coho give a bead a look, I know some believe that they don't hit and that its mostly lining/snagging, etc..., but I've fished some deep holes on tribs where I couldn't see the bottom and landed a king on an egg fly, of course my buddies were out fishing me with plugs and large gobs of skeen soooo it may not be the best approach on spinning tackle anyhow.  Additionally has anyone tried fishing night crawler, minnows, or even spinners provided the treble hook is switched out.
 
Thanks for your input guys..

Oh no, this is a topic for mature, experienced fly fishermen should have every now and then just to ponder the true meaning of life, and the after life too.

If "All Thumbs" Moses didn't drop and break that third tablet it would be all clear to us mortals here on earth.

I know for a fact that everyone who enters the military for no matter how long a duration learns the 12th General Order.
Cover Thy****

Now getting back to All Thumbs there, if it wasn't for him we would all know for a fact that the 12th Commandment was Thou Shall Not Use Beads.

Even though you might not know about the 12th, God does, and boy is he going to make you pay.

"Year 'rounder...."

Good for you.

Friggin Jar Head.





Semper Paratus

hey machine; youre double bead idea sounds pretty deadly... go for it... WHEN i fish floats, i often peg a bead above an egg sack... works awesome... probably would work pretty hot above a maribou tailed fly or egg pattern under a float as well... good luck on your once a year trip...

Thanks for the info dime, I am considering it.  I know two years ago I picked up those little pink worms from fat nancy's, gave them a shot in a hole that wasn't doing a whole lot and bam two in a row.  Now, I use them from time to time in streams around PA when I'm bored and want to take the ultralight for a walk.  Let me tell yah I wipe the floor with those dumb stocked trout...  Actually the one stream is a delayed harvest, artifical only with a lot of hold overs and you would swear they've never seen a pink worm, and that's probably because they haven't.  I'm not sure if too many of the fly fisherman in that area are using pink san juan worms but they should.  Similarly, I was with a buddy in a bass tournament and sure enough the bubble gum plastics was at least one rod in every boat that day.  Surely, it was the flavor of the week but interestingly none the less.
 
Trying new things helps with the evolution of learning.  I'm copyrighting that so anyone who uses it will need to pay me royalties.
Thanks again.

Mid to late Oct. is GGRRRREEEEAAAAAT up river- all species are there. Although sometimes the old sharks are all black and dying but new ones will be mixed in too.

Good to hear retired, we booked our place and when I sent an email to my buds I probably sounded like a little kid on his first day of opening buck. 
I suspect I will be trolling this site continuously until Oct 20th.

Peg the beads and paint 'em up fishmachine...i'm a die hard fly fish guy but still do the float rod in the frozen winter when I bead it....do not use...

the bare hook..laws are changing. Fish a small nymph, much more productive, size 12 then peg the bead 1-2 inches above..I tie

up bead head copper johns or a similar nymph pattern...it is deadly ( Ok I'm giving away some winter secrets), but they do work

in the fall and other times of the year, but I'm having too much fun with the fly rod then,..to go float...you should re-rig that fly

rod you hung up...it gets real exciting in the fall.

tight lines...

No beads in the fly zones.... they only lasted for a few years there..but they are not flies anyway, so no big deal.. anyway your

better off swinging flies down low to fresher fish...up in the UFZ you have more room to swing..

I believe the DEC is publishing a new reg this Oct 1 and will still allow the use of a bare hook.
Not sure what the legal distance from hook to pegged-bead will be.

As long as the rules for pegging, etc... are applied to 2012 I will consider some of the approaches that I've read online and be hypervigilant for 2012 to see how the DEC addresses this matter.
 
Couldn't image catching a chrome like dime is holding on a 5 wt., in the past I fished mostly 2-4 wt. <8.5 ft.  Long rods on a lot of the small streams in PA doesn't make a lot of sense especially since you're mostly roll-casting.  Otherwise, you're losing a bunch of flies to the trees....
 
Thanks again