Troutbeads

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Depending on the salmon you're fishing for...which is going to be Silvers or Sockeye and pinks(only on even # years) in august. The pinks and Silvers will both semi-aggresively feed on bait including egg patterns and actual egg sacks. If you're going after Sockeye however... they all non-existently bite anything you will offer...i caught well over 2000 sockeye last year and did not have one bite. They use a technique called "lining" or "flossing." The sockeye will swim along with their mouths open within 10 ft of the banks...and you use a setup of a large peice of pencil lead, 5 ft leader and a 3/0 hook with a bead above it. You flip it out a few feet upstream and let it drift, if it stops...rip on it HARD. Half the time you hook a rock or something but the idea is there are so many fish swimming that the line goes through their mouth and when you rip on it the hook stops nicely in the corner! It's a blast. You will be instantly hooked the first fish you catch that way. Not to mention all the fun of a 10 Lb. fish foul-hooked in the tail... that's a rush too!

Where are you going to in Alaska? If you want any insiders tips and veiws i've guided and will be guiding there agian so let me know!
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