Personally I could do without roe if need be. Catch lots of fish on fly's and its more challenging as well.
Been tieing stones,sucker spawn and a few other patterns for the last two weeks awaiting for the arrival of the first salmon in my trib followed up by the steel. I figure with all the rains and the cooler temps in the forecast it shouldn't be long now.
Pretty exiting time of the year....
Cheers!