The word is out: fishing beads for trout and steelhead is a deadly, effective method of fishing! And there’s more to bead fishing than meets the eye.
Beads attract fish because they look like fish eggs that they want to eat. Beads come in a variety of sizes and colors to reflect the different roe (eggs) produced by different fish. For example, Sockeye salmon produce the smallest roe (6 mm). Coho roe are medium-sized (8 mm). King salmon produce the biggest (8-10 mm).
If you are new to bead fishing, check out our how-to article, Beads: The Bare Naked Truth.
If you have an idea of what you want, but aren’t quite sure, ask one of our knowledgeable staff at Alaska Fly Fishing Goods. Call (907) 586-1550 or email us for more information.
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Cut this stretchy, clear material at a 45 degree angle and insert into the bead. It is easy to use a ...
Cut this stretchy, clear material at a 45 degree angle and insert into the bead. It is easy to use and won't burn your leader. Plus it is reusable!
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Bead Swivels are ideal for connecting a leader or main line to a tippet. It allows for quick rigging ...
Bead Swivels are ideal for connecting a leader or main line to a tippet. It allows for quick rigging when you break off, creates a nice stop so your split shot won't slide down the leader and adds a tiny bit of weight that allows you to fish without split shot in shallow water. 10 swivels per package. Color is black nickel.
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Bead Swivels are ideal for connecting a leader or main line to a tippet. It allows for quick rigging ...
Bead Swivels are ideal for connecting a leader or main line to a tippet. It allows for quick rigging when you break off, creates a nice stop so your split shot won't slide down the leader and adds a tiny bit of weight that allows you to fish without split shot in shallow water. 10 swivels per package. Color is black nickel.
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The Mandarin Roe Trout Bead is an awesome blend of the Natural Roe and Dark Roe. In 6mm and 8mm it m ...
The Mandarin Roe Trout Bead is an awesome blend of the Natural Roe and Dark Roe. In 6mm and 8mm it makes a great sockeye egg and 10mm it can mimic fresh king eggs.
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Trout Beads' new Hot Cherry Roe is an awesome red/flame colored burned bead that fishes well in dark ...
Trout Beads' new Hot Cherry Roe is an awesome red/flame colored burned bead that fishes well in darker tanic waters for trout and steelhead. Try painting them with your favorite "sheen" to get the most out of this bead. Really good in SE Alaska in 10mm, 12mm or 14mm for steelhead or fish it on the Upper Nushagak in 6mm and 8mm.
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The Montana Roe Trout Bead features a base color of light orange with light flecks of mottling throu ...
The Montana Roe Trout Bead features a base color of light orange with light flecks of mottling throughout the bead. Great color that imitates chum and pink eggs. If you are hand painting them, try adding a little shine to mimic fresh eggs.
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The Blush Roe Trout Bead is a great dull translucent pink bead that can be killer for trout or steel ...
The Blush Roe Trout Bead is a great dull translucent pink bead that can be killer for trout or steelhead. It is similar to Trans Pink but features a more burned or dull finish.
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The longtime guide secret bead for rainbows and steelhead has come to the front line. The Lemon Roe ...
The longtime guide secret bead for rainbows and steelhead has come to the front line. The Lemon Roe Trout Bead is a translucent "burned" chartreuse that is great for trout when hand painted or used as an attractor bead.
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Natural Roe is a classic fresh egg imitation that fishes well anytime during the spawn. This is one ...
Natural Roe is a classic fresh egg imitation that fishes well anytime during the spawn. This is one of the original Troutbead colors and fishes as well as ever. A go to color if you're painting beads, too.
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The Dark Peach Trout bead is a good bead to imitate salmon eggs that have been in the river for some ...
The Dark Peach Trout bead is a good bead to imitate salmon eggs that have been in the river for some time.
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The Peach Fuzz Trout Bead is a good all around dead egg imitation. Try it early season when the eggs ...
The Peach Fuzz Trout Bead is a good all around dead egg imitation. Try it early season when the eggs left from last season are washing out of the gravel bars.
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Cotton Candy is the bead color formerly known as Washed Pink. It is one of the original dead egg sty ...
Cotton Candy is the bead color formerly known as Washed Pink. It is one of the original dead egg styles and still fishes as well as ever. Give it a try during spring run off when last season's eggs are washing out of the gravel bars.
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Tangerine is another Top 5 club member. Its translucent orange color makes it a great fresh egg and ...
Tangerine is another Top 5 club member. Its translucent orange color makes it a great fresh egg and it paints really well, too.
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Clear orange is another of the prime colors you have to have in your bead box. If you are painting b ...
Clear orange is another of the prime colors you have to have in your bead box. If you are painting beads Clear Orange is a must.
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The Dark Roe Trout Bead is a deadly fresh egg imitation and one of the classic original Troutbead co ...
The Dark Roe Trout Bead is a deadly fresh egg imitation and one of the classic original Troutbead colors. If you are painting beads these should be on your list.
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The Ruby Roe Trout Bead is a good attractor bead. Its translucent mega dark red color is especially ...
The Ruby Roe Trout Bead is a good attractor bead. Its translucent mega dark red color is especially good in off-color or tanic water. Ruby is a first rate bead for painting, too.
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Caramel Roe Trout Beads are a good milky egg imitation. The name fits the color perfectly and trout ...
Caramel Roe Trout Beads are a good milky egg imitation. The name fits the color perfectly and trout and char like this one.
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Glow Roe is a terrific looking bead. It fishes especially well behind spawning chums. A prime color ...
Glow Roe is a terrific looking bead. It fishes especially well behind spawning chums. A prime color to paint up, too.
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Dirty Roe Trout Beads have long been a guide secret. They are good "Plan B" dead egg imitations. Bus ...
Dirty Roe Trout Beads have long been a guide secret. They are good "Plan B" dead egg imitations. Bust 'em out when other dead egg colors fail.
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Flo Roe is the original solid bright orange bead. Try it as an early season attractor. Also a fabulo ...
Flo Roe is the original solid bright orange bead. Try it as an early season attractor. Also a fabulous steelhead bead.
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Sun Orange is one shade lighter than Fluor Orange and is a favorite of dollies and arctic char. ...
Sun Orange is one shade lighter than Fluor Orange and is a favorite of dollies and arctic char.
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Orange Pearl has that little bit of shine that takes it up a notch. A solid color for steelhead or a ...
Orange Pearl has that little bit of shine that takes it up a notch. A solid color for steelhead or a good attractor during the egg drop.
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Peach Pearl is a good dead egg imitation with a little shine to help it stand out. One of the origin ...
Peach Pearl is a good dead egg imitation with a little shine to help it stand out. One of the original steelhead colors, too.
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Steelhead like this bright blue puppy...don't know why, but they do. ...
Steelhead like this bright blue puppy...don't know why, but they do.
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Mauve Pearl is a shiny dead egg imitation that is especially good on dark days. Also a solid steelhe ...
Mauve Pearl is a shiny dead egg imitation that is especially good on dark days. Also a solid steelhead color.
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Pink Pearl is a classic all around attractor. Naturally, steelhead love it. But don't forget residen ...
Pink Pearl is a classic all around attractor. Naturally, steelhead love it. But don't forget resident trout. Try pegging it in front of a leech to make your fly stand out from the crowd.
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Apricot is hands-down one of our favorite dead eggs. Try an 8mm or 10mm behind spawning chums and ha ...
Apricot is hands-down one of our favorite dead eggs. Try an 8mm or 10mm behind spawning chums and hang on! Fishes awesome right out of the bag. No painting necessary.
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Pink is a good all-around attractor bead. Great color for steelies or early season for trout before ...
Pink is a good all-around attractor bead. Great color for steelies or early season for trout before the egg drop.
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Chartreuse beads for steelhead are one of those colors that guides don't talk about. It is also a ri ...
Chartreuse beads for steelhead are one of those colors that guides don't talk about. It is also a ridiculously good color for swinging at silvers! You can also try pegging it in front of you favorite leech.
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Mauve is the duller dead egg version of Mauve Pearl. For some reason it fishes well on dark days or ...
Mauve is the duller dead egg version of Mauve Pearl. For some reason it fishes well on dark days or days with broken clouds.
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Everybody likes Cheese, right? A slightly more orange version of the Cream bead, Cheese imitates dea ...
Everybody likes Cheese, right? A slightly more orange version of the Cream bead, Cheese imitates dead eggs and is a standby during the late season.
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This bead is a good mid season dead egg. It imitates eggs that have been out of the salmon for a whi ...
This bead is a good mid season dead egg. It imitates eggs that have been out of the salmon for a while.
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The Cream Troutbead has accounted for many late season trout over the years. 10 and 8mm are excell ...
The Cream Troutbead has accounted for many late season trout over the years. 10 and 8mm are excellent pink and chum dead eggs.
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The Cerise Troutbead is a sweet color particularly for steelhead or as a sliding bead for Steak & ...
The Cerise Troutbead is a sweet color particularly for steelhead or as a sliding bead for Steak & Eggs. It is also a solid color for Dolly Varden or early season rainbows before there are eggs in the water.
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Gold Roe is fast becoming one of our favorite chum egg imitations. Fish it right out of the bag or a ...
Gold Roe is fast becoming one of our favorite chum egg imitations. Fish it right out of the bag or add a little nail polish to ramp it up.
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Looking for that Blood Dot Bead that has a lighter orange hue than the Tangerine Bead? This is it. G ...
Looking for that Blood Dot Bead that has a lighter orange hue than the Tangerine Bead? This is it. Great bead for fishing behind Chums and Pinks, or behind sockeye and kings late in the spawn.
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Egg Yolk is a very effective chum egg imitation. It is similar in color to Gold Roe but has slightly ...
Egg Yolk is a very effective chum egg imitation. It is similar in color to Gold Roe but has slightly more yellow mottling. Great on its own or painted.
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Oh my, these are deadly behind spawning chums. If you like Peachy King or Glo Roe, you will love Pea ...
Oh my, these are deadly behind spawning chums. If you like Peachy King or Glo Roe, you will love Peach Roe. Greasy, shiny and pale peach/orange in color, these are one of our new favorite colors. Killer steelhead bead, too.
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Watermelon Trout Beads are a translucent pink that steelhead absolutely love. They really light up w ...
Watermelon Trout Beads are a translucent pink that steelhead absolutely love. They really light up when they hit the water. Fish them straight out of the pack or add a topcoat of your favorite polish to really take them up a notch!
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Flamingo Trout Beads are straight up "on the menu" when you are fishing for steelhead. We also love ...
Flamingo Trout Beads are straight up "on the menu" when you are fishing for steelhead. We also love them in 8mm as a Dolly attractor bead or as a trailer bead when tying flies like a Double Eggabou.
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Canary Glo Trout Beads are deadly pink and chum egg imitations. They are just a little bit more opaq ...
Canary Glo Trout Beads are deadly pink and chum egg imitations. They are just a little bit more opaque than a Lemon Trout Bead and fish well straight out of the pack or with a coat of polish on them.
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Blood Dot Sun Orange is a solid all around attractor. Its "Spot-Light" bright finish makes it a go t ...
Blood Dot Sun Orange is a solid all around attractor. Its "Spot-Light" bright finish makes it a go to searching bead when the bite isn't obvious. Sweet steelhead attractor, too.
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Mottled Peachy King is one of our favorite bead colors. It will rival just about anything out there ...
Mottled Peachy King is one of our favorite bead colors. It will rival just about anything out there and is a dead ringer for a live chum egg or recently dead sockeye or king egg. These need to be in your bead box.
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Mottled Fluorescent Orange is an awesome attractor bead and one of our "Go-To" beads when we don't k ...
Mottled Fluorescent Orange is an awesome attractor bead and one of our "Go-To" beads when we don't know what the fish want to eat.
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The Mottled Mandarin Roe Bead is a real winner for fishing behind sockeye and kings. Slightly "redde ...
The Mottled Mandarin Roe Bead is a real winner for fishing behind sockeye and kings. Slightly "redder" than the Natural Roe, but not as "dark red" as the Dark Roe. This bead is a must for the angler heading to Alaska.
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This exciting new "flame" red bead is a hot color in tanic and murky water. Great for fishing behind ...
This exciting new "flame" red bead is a hot color in tanic and murky water. Great for fishing behind kings and sockeye. Also a really good color for steelhead.
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The Mottled Mantana Roe is a great light, slightly washed orange that is a killer when fished behind ...
The Mottled Mantana Roe is a great light, slightly washed orange that is a killer when fished behind chums and pinks. Try in sizes 6mm and 8mm behind pinks and 10mm when fished behind chums. It has major play as a steelhead bead when the water is low and clear.
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The Mottled version of the Blush Roe Trout Bead is a great pale translucent pink bead that can be ki ...
The Mottled version of the Blush Roe Trout Bead is a great pale translucent pink bead that can be killer for trout or steelhead.
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The Mottled Lemon Roe is a super nice off colored chartreuse that is a prime color for steelhead and ...
The Mottled Lemon Roe is a super nice off colored chartreuse that is a prime color for steelhead and trout. Try in the smaller sizes for the Great Lakes area and larger sizes on the West Coast and Alaska.
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Mottled Natural Roe needs to be in your bead box. It is one of the original Troutbead colors and is ...
Mottled Natural Roe needs to be in your bead box. It is one of the original Troutbead colors and is as good a fresh egg bead as you will find. A top steelhead producer, too.
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Mottled Dark Peach takes the standard Dark Peach Troutbead and adds a hint of white. A very nice dir ...
Mottled Dark Peach takes the standard Dark Peach Troutbead and adds a hint of white. A very nice dirty color bead.
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Mottled Peach Fuzz is a good dead egg. If you want a mottled light colored dead egg this is it! ...
Mottled Peach Fuzz is a good dead egg. If you want a mottled light colored dead egg this is it!
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The bead formerly known as Washed Pink is now called Cotton Candy. The name is an apt description of ...
The bead formerly known as Washed Pink is now called Cotton Candy. The name is an apt description of the color and it is one of our All-Time favorite dead eggs.
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Mottled Tangerine falls under the category of fresh(er) egg. Mid way through the spawn it can be unb ...
Mottled Tangerine falls under the category of fresh(er) egg. Mid way through the spawn it can be unbeatable. Another Top 5 color to have in your bead box. Steelhead eat em up, too!
