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Schmidt's Hot Bead StoneNymphintermediate

Great Lakes

Schmidt's Hot Bead Stone

$4.50

Available Sizes#8 - #12
Color Variations
Black/Hot Orange BeadBrown/Chartreuse BeadBlack/Pink Bead

Ray Schmidt spent decades guiding on the Pere Marquette and Manistee rivers, and this nymph distills that experience into something you can tie on a hook. The hot bead says 'Look at me' while the stonefly body says 'Eat me.' Great Lakes steelhead apparently find this combination irresistible, the way you find a gas station breakfast burrito irresistible at five in the morning on the way to the river.

Quick Facts

TypeNymph
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsFall, Winter, Spring
Target SpeciesSteelhead, Brown Trout
Sizes#8 - #12
Best LocationsPere Marquette River, MI; Manistee River, MI; Muskegon River, MI

Where to Fish It

Pere Marquette River

MI · Tributary

Manistee River

MI · Tributary

Muskegon River

MI · Tributary

Map unavailable. Locations for Schmidt's Hot Bead Stone: Pere Marquette River, MI; Manistee River, MI; Muskegon River, MI

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