Rig Setup: Rivertex Zeus 8'10" rod, Thunderspin 5500 reel, 35lb fluoro.( 2 ticks down from max drag) I confirmed it with 3 other players there that it works. I was trying a lot of different retrieves and baits to figure out worked best and stumbled across an amazing trick. It was my first trip there and SnaveEidde showed me a spot for them. I just figured out a trick by accident for unique and trophy chinook and coho salmon in Alaska. That will leave you with less peg exposed and ready for the largest and most discerning trout in the run. Then, trim the top of the peg with your nippers. Trim the bottom end of the peg and slide and pull until flush with the bottom of the bead. Trim the thick end of the peg first and pull the peg through the bead until it is flush against the bottom hole of the bead as shown below. Sure, there’s a good chance that the bead shown above will fool a trout here and there, but if imitating the natural is your intention, its far from ideal. Most nippers aren’t able to trim the peg flush against the bead, leaving a nub of peg hanging out each end. This occurs from fixing the bead in place before trimming the excess with nippers or pliers both below and above the bead. They work really well, and we highly recommend them, but one thing we’ve found is that some anglers have a tendency to rig them incorrectly, such that the peg hangs out each side of the bead (see photo below). To rig beads, the majority of our guides at Alaska West have been reaching for rubber pegs due to their ease of rigging (and re-rigging) without any damage to the leader. Not only do we find them to better imitate a real salmon egg, but we also find beads to result in safer (and more effective) hook sets as well, which is an all around win as far as we’re concerned. 1-2 inches above a hook) as opposed to the glo-bug style egg ‘flies’ of old.
When fishing for trout, in order to imitate these eggs, we prefer to fish beads (pegged onto a leader approx. Rainbow trout throughout Western Alaska rely heavily on salmon eggs throughout the back half of our season and those who choose not to imitate this natural occurrence are ignoring one of the most important food sources for Alaskan trout of the entire year. Like it or not, no Alaska fly box is complete without a selection of egg patterns.
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