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Beads that bite back — hand-poured in BC

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Beads that bite back.

Soft beads and tackle for salmon and steelhead — built for serious anglers.

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Neutral Buoyancy

Drifts at exactly the right depth — every cast.

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UV-Reactive Pigments

Trigger strikes in stained water and low light.

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Hand-poured Durability

Canadian-made quality that holds up cast after cast.

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Easy T-Stop Rigging

Pre-drilled for peg-free pegging — rig it in seconds.

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“The best soft beads shouldn't have to cross a border. So we pour ours right here in BC.”

Every batch is poured in Canada, every colour tested on the water before it ships. No warehouse bulk-buy, no filler colours — just tackle that earns its place in your box.

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Run timing, rigging tactics, and river breakdowns — the newest guides and field notes.

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Soft beads for salmon — sizes & colours by species

Jul 13, 2026

Soft beads for salmon — sizes & colours by species

Bead sizes and colours for coho, chinook, chum and pinks, built on what actually works on the Vedder, Fraser, Harrison and Squamish.

Soft beads for steelhead & trout

Jul 13, 2026

Soft beads for steelhead & trout

Bead sizes and colours for steelhead and trout, from prime green water through late-winter pressured fish.

Soft bead size chart — which size for which fish

Jul 13, 2026

Soft bead size chart — which size for which fish

What each bead size imitates, when to size up or down, and pack counts — from 6mm trout beads to 19mm chinook beads.

Centerpin float fishing for soft beads

Jul 13, 2026

Centerpin float fishing for soft beads

Rod, reel and terminal rig for centerpin float fishing, plus casting, drift control and fighting fish on a pin.

Vedder River Summer Chinook: The Complete Chilliwack Guide

Jul 10, 2026

Vedder River Summer Chinook: The Complete Chilliwack Guide

Every July, a unique and hard-fighting run of salmon pushes into the Chilliwack/Vedder River that isn't found in most of British Columbia's southwestern streams. Known locally as "red springs" for the

Rice Lake: The Complete North Vancouver Rainbow Trout Guide

Jul 5, 2026

Rice Lake: The Complete North Vancouver Rainbow Trout Guide

Rice Lake, tucked into the forest of the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve, this small stocked lake offers one of the most accessible yet peaceful fishing experiences in the Lower Mainland. Despite s

How to fish soft beads for salmon & steelhead

Jul 4, 2026

How to fish soft beads for salmon & steelhead

Why beads work, run timing by species, reading water, full rigging diagrams, and size & colour selection for every condition.

Jun 11, 2026

Our Top Slow Water Bead Tactics for BeadnFloat Soft Beads

There is a special quality to a BC river in the early morning when the current barely moves. The mist sits low on the water, the fish are visible but motionless, and everything about the conditions te

The Best Barometric Pressure for Fishing: Our Top Picks

May 26, 2026

The Best Barometric Pressure for Fishing: Our Top Picks

We remember a chilly morning on a lake in Ontario. The water was perfectly calm, the sky a flat grey — and then the trout just stopped moving. No change in temperature, no wind, no obvious reason. We

Catch and Release Salmon in BC: Your Guide to Responsible Fishing

Apr 25, 2026

Catch and Release Salmon in BC: Your Guide to Responsible Fishing

We have all stood in that cold current at first light, watching a silver fish jump through the morning mist. That moment is exactly why catch and release salmon BC fishing matters — not just as a tech

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Natural Rod Huggers — photo 1

Natural Rod Huggers

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Black Chartreuse Worms — photo 1

Black Chartreuse Worms

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Bright Blue Worms — photo 1

Bright Blue Worms

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Gourd Worms — photo 1

Gourd Worms

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Maroon Red Worms — photo 1

Maroon Red Worms

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Hot Pink Worms — photo 1

Hot Pink Worms

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Watermelon Soft Beads — photo 1

Watermelon Soft Beads

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Red Diamond Soft Beads — photo 1

Red Diamond Soft Beads

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Recommended size

12mmrange 10–14mm

Colour families

Bright pink / cerise
Orange-roe

Fresh fish and ~18–24in visibility — the money window. Fish the largest bead you're confident with; bright draws reactive strikes.

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CeriseRaspberryDisco Pink
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Flo OrangeBlood OrangeOrange BlazeOrange Blaze Embryo
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Live river conditions

Updated 12:20 p.m. PT

Vedder RiverHigh & coloured1.81 mFraser River (at Hope)Green & dropping6.01 mHarrison RiverGreen & dropping533 m³/sSquamish RiverGreen & dropping3.23 m
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