Sockeye fishing methods?

They will hammer down big gaudy flies, but the bows are where its at. the big thing there is to use 6-8mm beads. You slide the bead on your line then tie on a single hook. Take a toothpick and "peg the bead a few inches above the hook. The nice thing about the beads are you can get them in all colors of the rainbow and different sizes to match the hatch. The downside of bead fishing is it tears the fish up. When the fish strikes the bead, you set the hook into the side of the fishes face. Personally, I wasn't liking that too much, so I stuck with Yarn eggs and did pretty good, but buddies with the beads had more strikes. Check the rivers your fishing, they have different rules on how far a bead can be above your hook.