I agree with RG on Drennan tippet for steel.  Not so pricey if you look that Drennan is in a 50meter spool and the others usually come in a 25 meter spool.   It is  thicker in diameter than comparable tippet, but strong as hell.  6 lb Drennan fishes like 8 lb.  

I tried Drennin last fall.
It was an OK tippet but I liked the Seagar blue label better.
Still pricey but not as bad.
I go through a lot of material and I couldn't find blue label in filler size spools anywhere only the red label and I don't like that as much.
So I ytied the sucksex.
Hope it works on the spin pole for Thou nI. fishing this simmer otherwise its money flushed.
Won't use it again for salmon.
 

I use Pline flora in 4# to 12# depending what you are after and conditions.Because I'm a frugal person I buy it on the large spools at All Seasons and it is way cheaper that way.The Pline is the BEST value out there bar none.There are times that I use the 6# on Salmon and unless I put extreme pressure on the fish it holds to the end.When I use the 10# I can put as much pressure on them as I want and the line holds unless a tooth or rock nicks it.Always moisten the knot before tightening it when using flora.
Well today I'm going to tie a bunch of flies for my next trip this Sunday,hope the Salmon are moving by then.
 

Thanks for the helpful links. I watched a bunch of videos on midcurrent and Orvis. So, it looks like some sort of mend is necessary to avoid a drag on the fly? Although, certain flies are meant to be used with a drag? Is an egg pattern considered a dry fly? Most of the videos showed them using pretty large flies for the kings, but i remember using tiny ones last year with the guide. Is this all just a personal preference?

Eggs dry? No.
On the west coast they use much bigger stuff than here.
Of course I fish lots of big streamers on a #2 hook.
Please PM me that guides name.

I have heard a lot of you talking about estaz eggs? I found them on a google search, but could not find them through either of the two websites where i bought flies. Do they go by another name?

estaz comets
why not just tie them yourself?  they are super easy and what you would spend on materials would be way cheaper than buying them

While i wouldnt mind tying them myself, and eventually i definitely want to go down that road.......at this point i only get up there once a year.

Even a once a year trip during silly season can cost you a large number of flies if the fishing is fast and furious.  Learn how to tie through your local TU chapter, they usually have classes over the winter.  There is nothing more rewarding than taking a trout or salmon on a fly created by your imagination and two hands.   

The number 1 fly that we both had success for salmon on was as size #6 or 4 black wooly bugger..
Pretty much all our salmon players came on that fly.
Trout were a size # 10 nymph.. We found a few trout..
Things to remember:
 Trout look down for food, naturals were what they liked.. Not so much eggs yet..
Salmon look straight ahead or UP...
 
I watched a zombie salmon turn and snap to the surface at almost every leaf that went by..