I used glow beads that I got from Walmart that are meant for crafts and I put them on all my tip-ups and after that outing they all came off. I just think that it is one more thing for a fish to see. I was not convinced but hey they were cheap so why not right. Always try something once. That was not much help I know buy that is my only experience with beads. I did however switch all my treble hooks on my tip-ups to single hooks. I got the Owner brand that has the flexible glow bead and a red hook and I also got the black chrome number 2's. Maybe it was a coincidence but all of my bites and fish came off of the red hook's with glow beads. I just pulled the bead off and put the minnow on behind the dorsal fin and the replaced the bead below the barb and all I can say is WOW I was very impressed. You should try those hooks I had 10 bites and landed eight. 80% was better than the normal 0%.