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bachman64
I have only fished the Sandy River twice..catching nothing both times. I seem to give more gear to the river than I do enticing the fish...can someone give me some ideas on what to use? I fish between troutdale and stark street bridges. Thanks!
Try learning float fishing, very effective and you very seldom get snagged on the bottom. I like the slip bobber it gives you the option of depth control by the movement of the stopper, from 1 foot below the bobber to as deep as you wish in seconds. Steelhead love night crawlers; just above there heads....:dance:
Chuck
I read that you were a fly tier, did you make all of those jigs?
The next evolution in steelie jigs are "worm" tails. The jury is still out on the most effective concepts i.e. actual worms, rubber/ simulated, or fur / feathers.
What I've come up with is making the "worm" out of chennele and matching thread, then.... I spin a palmered hackle down the worms lenght and whip finish it. Unlike worms they don't escape, I don't trust the rubber ones as they tend to dislove tackle boxes ( and that is never good). And I can make theses little darlings myself , any weight and any color.
Like troutski said bring it in just over their head.
Steelhead and trout both like hackle.
This works with corkies on the dead drift too.
lol finger you made those your self huh? funny i got those in my tackle box too, lol $1.99 at walmart......... they must of stole your idea.........
Has anybody had any luck over at Sandy? I was there last Saturday to pick up some spinner bodies from Jack's Tackle and drove towards Dodge Park(I guess as I'm not familiar with the area), but the water was kind of a peanut butter green so I didn't drive up to the park...
Any reports? How about next Saturday for some steelies?