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I fished a traditional "glo-bug" up in AK one day, one of my first times experiencing the 'egg bite' when I first started guiding there years ago...
I think I landed 6 fish at this one little hole, and 4 of them were bleeding because they were throat hooked. Not sure how they fared, but I imagine not too well.
Shortly thereafter, I switched to the bead method... this particular river had a 2" rule. Never again did I get a bleeder on that stream. And I fished it a lot.
Sure they'd be missing lip parts, and I did see a few one-eyed fish, but better off missing lip than blood! (almost every single one-eyed fish I've seen showed no signs of poor health or skinny conditions - they still thrived)
Is beading snagging ? Nope...the fish ATE THE OFFERING. He wanted to engulf it into his mouth. Mission accomplished.
I, personally, use just under 2" most of the time, as the little 6" fish will usually take a 3-4" spread somewhere else besides the mouth....
'Snagging' is jerking a hook into a fish's body when said fish is just minding his own business....not eating your offering or spawning.
This new thing showed the model fish eating a bugger and the hook is 10" away.
If it's an 8" fish, you just tailhooked a fish. Go ahead and drag him in backwards....not good.
Who's to say exactly where the hook will be when the set happens?? 1-2" is gonna be in the lip. 8-10" will end up in fins, etc...
my .05
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