Beads vs Flies.....????
Bob,.... Be careful about applying what's done in AK to what's being done here. Tying a bead to a hook may not be seen as "....constructed by the method known as fly tying" by law enforcement here. I sure wouldn't want to defend your position in a California court. I can see it now, "but.... judge.... I tied the bead to the hook. So, it's a fly according to the regs...." I wouldn't worry much about it, tho.
At any rate, you are correct about there being no FFO waters in CA. There is a reason that California doesn't designate CA waters as fly only. Recall that the regs say that a "fly" may be an artificial lure. By using that definition, they regs may be written using the statement, "Only artificial lures with barbless hooks may be used" for each water regulated. Flies are included in that statement. Believe it or not, printing costs money and that decision probably saved DFG some budget (as small in amount as that may be).
IMHO, other than for the experience and for the sake of debate, legally, it doesn't matter what's done in AK.
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