Been a hard bead fisherman for a couple of years until I was turned onto some soft beads fro BnR Tackle. I really like the color choices and their feel so I have been trying them out. They come with a tube that the bead slides onto and a red stopper that goes on your line. Neat concept but I was having trouble worth the bead sliding off the tube. So, a friend of told me about a solution he found that has worked out wonderfully for him.......................

Throw away the tube and the stopper and just use a large diameter dacron bobber stop and slide the bead onto that. Seems to grip it very well and have not had an issue since............

Haven't tried it myself yet but we'll see........

I really like the BnR beads so I'll have to figure something out to continue using them as their are a very fine product.

 

Thanks for the reply. I will put one together and bring it to the seminar.

 

The argument with traditional bead fishing is for a neutrally buoyant presentation.
Hard beads sink and bounce, becoming one with the river. Achieved with long leaders, split shot and a hard bead.

I believe the soft bead concept was tried years ago with Jensen eggs, Goey Bobs etc.

I don't believe they yield the same results.

 

The argument with traditional bead fishing is for a neutrally buoyant presentation.
Hard beads sink and bounce, becoming one with the river. Achieved with long leaders, split shot and a hard bead.

I believe the soft bead concept was tried years ago with Jensen eggs, Goey Bobs etc.

I don't believe they yield the same results.

Jensen eggs were/still are very popular. No longer made, but Scott Amerman just sold a bunch of his secret stash for a decent profit, so somebody's gotta be having success with them!

 

Jensen eggs are popular for side drifting. Most of my bead work is with an indicator (little bobber) on a fly rod or under a small float on the spinning rod. Hard plastic or hevi beads are both very effective. I tend to use plastic ones when i roll the beads on bottom. Hevi when suspended, the can shatter when bounced through rocks, and are pretty snaggy.

Soft or hard, does not matter to me as far as if a fish will eat them. The way I fish them (IMO) results in a very high eat/hookup ratio. No time for a fish to chew it.

 

I haven't really tried bead fishing, so i will be watching this thread closely. I want to learn more about how to fish beads effectively. Keep the info coming, guys!

 

Steelhead will hang on to a 4 inch plastic worm and even swim off with it. That should tell you something.... I had one that didn't pull my float under but swam 15 feet to the side and I was too stupid to figure out what was going on until I tightened up.

 

Anyone got a pic of these Jensen eggs? Just curious. Thx

 

 

I have been fishing hard beads with some success.
But I couldn't help but order up some of steelhead stalkers soft beads. The soft bead intrigues me. I would think they would like the feel better
Really looking forward to running them in a few days

 

I can't say from experience but it seems like a fish would hold on to a soft bead for longer than a hard one?

 

They all work very equally well.

I have two cases of jensen eggs, and they work very well which would explain why I bought a second case of them.

BnR (Brandons) eggs do work well. A big rubber red egg coupled with some white yarn is a J-Bob special. They can be drift fished, side drifted, or floated under a bobber.

Everything has a better way to be fished whether drifted or bobber. Hard beads should be fished under a bobber from my findings.

I always love a jenson egg, and a corkie doubled up on the drift rod or two jenson eggs.

Bobber stops or tooth picks to hold up the beads would be my suggestion. Certain buddies always use bobber stops so to not pin the bead, but I am not so certain this matters.

 

I love Jensen eggs and loathe they quit making them...deadly on low water fish. The sauce they swim in is key. Soft supple sexy


MH

 

Just remember, soft beads would be illegal to use where bait is not allowed in Oregon. Hard beads are fine to use when bait isn't allowed. Stupid rules.

 

I like to pretie all my leaders for bobber-doggin and side drifting from my sled and this means pre-tied bead droppers.

Most of the soft plastics made now adays are corrosive and will melt plastic and foam... foam like the leader roll's i make my pretieds on... this means I either have to add the beads while on the water... or pre tie with hard beads.. so far I have used hard beads and found success... I have used soft beads but only walk/wade fishing.

 

How do the mad river eggs or other similar newer eggs compare to the old school luhr Jensen eggs? Picked some up in anise and in shrimp scents to add to eggs this winter.

 

They all work like I said. Rubber, hard, yarn, corkies, combos, but nothing matters more then fishing the right water at the fishy right depths.

Some of the best options out there are very very cheap.

 

Their scents are funny


MH

 

You guys should check out snoqualmie baits. They have everything from worms to lil honeys. All soft baits and beads. I have a bunch of them and they work great.

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