10-24-2006, 05:27 PM
In my experience a small jig fished below a float is deadly for steelhead - both summer and winter. Aside from flyfishing, it is my favorite method when fishing for them. Actually, if you scale down the size of the float to a castable "indicator" it is a deadly method for a flyrod as well. I got so wrapped up in it a couple of years ago that I tied up over 400 jigs for both summer and winter fish. I have a 10.5 foot rod that I use specifically for the application. You Canadians typically use the longer rods. We can hardly find the super long ones down here.
I would guess you have seen this book but Jim Butler's Steelhead Float Fishing is "the book" on this subject, written by a well-known neighbor of yours. He has a lot of good things to say.
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[cool]The only thing is, Don, if you start doing this for winter fishing when everthing else is iced up you have to promise to come back to us float tubers and tooners in the spring 'cause it can be very addictive. Be sure to leave yourself a bread crumb trail so you can get back out again and remember your float tube roots.
Enjoy your new guitar.
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I would guess you have seen this book but Jim Butler's Steelhead Float Fishing is "the book" on this subject, written by a well-known neighbor of yours. He has a lot of good things to say.
[cool]The only thing is, Don, if you start doing this for winter fishing when everthing else is iced up you have to promise to come back to us float tubers and tooners in the spring 'cause it can be very addictive. Be sure to leave yourself a bread crumb trail so you can get back out again and remember your float tube roots.
Enjoy your new guitar.
z~
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