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[fishman254]

In this video our sensei recommends to not fish with PIN/BEAD-HEAD jigs if landing salmon with a net (from a boat usually). The net gets caught between the pin and the hook, when those darned fresh fish thrash around. The shiny brass or silver of the pin/bead-head adds that flash that seems to catch more fish, but we are forced to not use them when using a landing net (I've experienced this many times.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43obBLcudq8
Do SLOTTED beads solve the netting problem? http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/forum/index.php?threads/slotted-beads.88495/
Also http://www.theflyfishers.com/fly-shop-details.asp?cat=Eyes%2C+Beads%2C+Coneheads+%26+Rattles&ID=82&pID=1047

What about just sliding the bead up to the bend? http://tenkaraguides.com/tg/gallery/flies/dscn3598.jpg

What about shiny bullet-head beads? http://www.flickr.com/photos/24255759@N04/3325148639/

What about, to replicate a silver bead, filing/shining up a bare lead head, to make it shiny like a silver bead is (to some degree)?

As god is my witness I WILL fish with effective bead-jigs for salmon from a boat!   

[canso]

Learn to land a fish on a boat without a net. Problem solved.

[Suther]

Why not just get some silver paint for your lead jigheads? Trying to polish lead won't get you very far.

[Gooey]

I have been fishing and tying jigs for 15+ years and I am hard pressed to confidently say that jig head color makes ANY difference to the fish on a regular basis.  That said there may be certain times or jigs where color makes a difference but not enough to make me want to paint all my jigs.

I'll give 2 examples: I had a paint jig head with marabou body get beat to hell in a couple of trips...paint was all but gone but it continued to fish well.  I tied up my last white headed jig just before the end of the season.  I usually tie at least 3 of each color pattern I start so I tied one with a painted head and 2 without.  The painted head jig was killing em until a fish ran into a log jam with it.  I tied on the same pattern with a bare lead head and continued pounding on the fish. 

So is the slotted bead an answer...a better answer would be go to a poured lead head.  As well, the beads (pinned or slotted) are pretty light, too light to really twitch ie spin cast.  Yyou have to float fish those jigs...go to a 1/4 or heavy poured lead head and then you can float or cast those jigs due to the added weight compared to a pinned bead.

[Ambassador]

Get a new net. They don't get caught in the silicone/rubber nets.

[Suther]

I have been fishing and tying jigs for 15+ years and I am hard pressed to confidently say that jig head color makes ANY difference to the fish on a regular basis.  That said there may be certain times or jigs where color makes a difference but not enough to make me want to paint all my jigs.

I'll give 2 examples: I had a paint jig head with marabou body get beat to hell in a couple of trips...paint was all but gone but it continued to fish well.  I tied up my last white headed jig just before the end of the season.  I usually tie at least 3 of each color pattern I start so I tied one with a painted head and 2 without.  The painted head jig was killing em until a fish ran into a log jam with it.  I tied on the same pattern with a bare lead head and continued pounding on the fish. 

So is the slotted bead an answer...a better answer would be go to a poured lead head.  As well, the beads (pinned or slotted) are pretty light, too light to really twitch ie spin cast.  Yyou have to float fish those jigs...go to a 1/4 or heavy poured lead head and then you can float or cast those jigs due to the added weight compared to a pinned bead.

Not really true. You can get pinned beads that weigh just shy of a 1/4oz, so when they are tied up the whole rig weighs in at or over 1/4oz.