SandFinish69
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Hello, first time posting on here but I have been lurking in the shadows for a while. This will be my first year targeting salmon/steelhead. I'll be bank fishing the mckenzie, willamette and row river. I ordered a rod and reel from fishUSA (9' okuma celilo with shimano SLX casting reel) while I'm waiting for it to arrive I started tyeing leaders to practice. I have a couple questions and I just want to know if my rig presentation looks good for drift/float fishing steelhead. I'll be using 3/16 pencil led and black surgical tubing for weight.
Should I go to a bigger hook? The photo is size 4 octopus hook with off set eye. Since I'm just learning to drift I don't want to scare any smaller fish off. I'll be happy to land any fish.
The hook doesn't sit "in-line" with the leader, it has almost a 45° angle to it. Is this normal? I used a snell knot and ran a yarn ball through the bait loop. (I need more practice with egg loop knot that's why I'm using a snell)
I don't have any tooth picks but I plan to pin the corky about a 1/8" above the hook eye. Is that a good distance or should I go more?
Yarn and corky color combos for summer steelhead? I got a few diffrent corky patterns at bi mart I'll be trying but what are your favorite combos?
This rig is composed of 12# seaguar redlabel leader, size 4 gamakatsu octopus hook, size 14 corky, atlas glow yarn with atlas magic thread and a mad river fish pill on the shank.
Any advice and constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated. Thank for taking a look!
Should I go to a bigger hook? The photo is size 4 octopus hook with off set eye. Since I'm just learning to drift I don't want to scare any smaller fish off. I'll be happy to land any fish.
The hook doesn't sit "in-line" with the leader, it has almost a 45° angle to it. Is this normal? I used a snell knot and ran a yarn ball through the bait loop. (I need more practice with egg loop knot that's why I'm using a snell)
I don't have any tooth picks but I plan to pin the corky about a 1/8" above the hook eye. Is that a good distance or should I go more?
Yarn and corky color combos for summer steelhead? I got a few diffrent corky patterns at bi mart I'll be trying but what are your favorite combos?
This rig is composed of 12# seaguar redlabel leader, size 4 gamakatsu octopus hook, size 14 corky, atlas glow yarn with atlas magic thread and a mad river fish pill on the shank.
Any advice and constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated. Thank for taking a look!
