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Winter Thaw Steelhead Strategies
#21
Posted 24 January 2013 - 12:56 PM
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#22
Posted 24 January 2013 - 11:24 PM
#23
Posted 24 January 2013 - 11:56 PM
^Yup, lots of stuff can be done with hardware, but hardly anyone uses it for steelhead. Its true potential is not often seen.
I think you are 100% correct. Oddly enough In some of the areas I fish the guys using hardware out number the people float fishing. These areas are not the most popular, I think its jokes when guys have been throwing spoons all day and I show up with the pin and hit a fish on the first drift .
I will sometimes bring my spinning rod along just for the hell of it. I found a very slow drift of cleos in blue and silver or gold and orange can be killer!
Seem to work good some days and not at all others.
I caught my first steelhead on a blue and silver cleo!
#24
Posted 25 January 2013 - 12:10 AM
#25
Posted 25 January 2013 - 12:16 AM
#26
Posted 25 January 2013 - 12:22 AM
^You're right, taking both can end up being fun. Open up my backpack while I'm throwing hardware and you'll find a centerpin
Lol...it is fun when you're able to switch your technique. more options and more 'weapons'.
No time for Steelie to change minds.
Steelie: "that's a fake fish. i've had that before. oh wait what's this nice pink stuff...yum"
#27
Posted 25 January 2013 - 02:43 AM
#28
Posted 25 January 2013 - 09:15 AM
I generally just take two rods. one spinning one CP. use a snap swivel on the spinning rod if i want to change lures. it is good to turn the fish on since you make the move. but super cold temperature slower baits would do better.
I too take a spinning and click. When using lures the main thing that I've learned is to fish the lure very slowly. I lost many spoons on bottom but that seems to be the place where the fish are
PLUS it is a tonne of fun catching beasts on hardware
#29
Posted 25 January 2013 - 09:50 AM
#30
Posted 25 January 2013 - 10:45 AM
I love that, laugh every time I watch itDid ya check the lunar charts this morning??
#31
Posted 25 January 2013 - 11:06 AM
#32
Posted 03 February 2013 - 09:55 AM
#33
Posted 04 February 2013 - 01:42 PM
I rely on the following:
1. Hydrometric data, past baseline and forecasted trend.
2. Weather conditions (temps, wind, barometric, recent and forecasted rain)
3. Sun and lunar positions.
If all 3 line up, than you should be killing it on the river.
Learning to read hydrometic data (levels and discharge) helps you understand which rivers clears up quicker while other tribs takes longer.
Do you have a link for the fishing lunar and sun chart?
#34
Posted 07 February 2013 - 02:27 PM
#35
Posted 09 February 2013 - 11:17 AM
Do you have a link for the fishing lunar and sun chart?
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Post #7
FYI don't pay too much attention to the sun-lunar positions. Only use it as a guide.
Pay more attention to weather conditions and hydrometric data and your experiences with your local steelheading trib.
#36
Posted 11 February 2013 - 01:18 PM
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