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Deep-dive technique guides for fishing soft beads — rigging, reading water, and matching size and colour to the day in front of you.
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.
Read guide →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.
Read guide →Soft beads for steelhead & trout
Bead sizes and colours for steelhead and trout, from prime green water through late-winter pressured fish.
Read guide →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.
Read guide →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.
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