Recent content by Terry

Lots of trout. There are also largemouth near sloughs. Just fish.

If you want to stay close, stick with Delta Ponds. To fish the over grown weeds just tie on a silver minnow, or a rubber frog which rides hook point up. They ride right over the top of the matted weeds and bass will explode through the weeds to get your baiit.

Small possie buggers and bead head hairs ears, in size 14 were working today.

I have heard of some steelhead being shipped over the dam also, but have not seen them. I have seen the salmon. They want them to die up there so they will add to the nutrients for bull trout. And maybe get a wild strain started, but that part is less likely. No tail on that big muddler. I...

I like tying a very sparse muddler head on 2/0 hooks with just a marabou, or craft fur wing in black, or purple. It gets down and then has nice movement on the hang down. I usually just tie in a thread body in different colors. I got into some steelhead on top this last fall on the...

Are you fishing those flies unweighted for winter fish. Or are you using them with a sink tip. I will go to bigger irons if I want to fish unweighted for winter fish most of the time.

Also do not be afraid to try swinging big flies on a fast sink tip. That is the most fun way to get stealhead.

About eighteen inches should do the trick. Try a clown egg. It has a bunch of colors in it and one of those colors should catch the steelies attention.

You do not need to worry about realistic patterns for steelhead. They will eat anything at anytime, or may not grab anything at all. Use a big stonefly, or egg sucking leach with dumb bell eyes to get the fly down and then tie tippet to the bend of the hook. Tie on an egg fly to the tippet...