trout bead question

[maghunter]

I've used this method for trout for years and they are almost always hooked right in the corner of the mouth. As for this flossing, I've never come across anybody doing this. The fish are definitely hitting the bead, therefore enticing a strike. I don't think there is anything unsportsman like about using this method it is a great way to ensure proper hook placement and increasing the survival rate of released fish. If people are somehow drifting their lines in hopes of it going into a fishes mouth than I agree this isn't fishing its snagging. But enticing a fish to strike something even if the hook happens to be a few inches away is still fishing. If you don't agree with this than you could argue that using flashers when trolling isn't fishing either. The fish are attracted to the flasher which doesn't have a hook immediately attached either.
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