[mr trout]

I once read an article on this and the reason they do it is because with all the C&R they do, the insides of the fish's mouths get mega torn up. this way it keeps them from getting hurt, well worse than they already are. Just what I read, dunno anything more. As for the beads, I guess it all depends on whether fly fishing to you is fishing with flies or fishing with a flyline. I think we attach all sorts of crazy junk to hooks and they are still flies. just my opinion. ROFESSOR