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Bohemian
I have been using/losing spinners for many days on the Clackamas up near Mciver/Fieldheimer and although I am getting better at not getting snagged, and better at letting the sink down and drift/bounce over the rocks, I have not even had a strike...nothing. I am using various spinners I purchased at BC in Gladstone and also various other spinners of all different colors. I have gotten some good info here and from other fishermen I have run into.
I am a patient guy, but it is getting a little discouraging. Are the fish just hard to come by right now? Is another part of the river better this time of the year?...sorry about the whining
I got hung up again and when I pulled it came free but felt weird. When I brought it in I had hooked my lost spinner in the eye of the hook with the spinner on my line. I can't swear it was the one I lost, but it was the identical BC spinner I had been using. The line had broke right at the knot, and the knot was still attached. I couldn't believe it!
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Mine isI'm sure there will be other responses, but this is coming from someone who lost A LOT of spinners in Clackamas and broke a rod in Sandy after foul hooking a native rock(using spinners), thus getting the nick name "Hey, isn't that guy who broke his rod tip?"
1- After you cast try to reel in the slack as quick as possible.
2- Keep your rod tip down when retrieving.
3- If you're stuck just walk backwards to the bank pointing the rod tip towards and the rod parallel to the water.
4- For low/slow water conditions, don't use heavy bodies and go as small as you can with #3 or even #2 spinners.
5- Switch to sickle hooks from treble hooks.
6- When drifting with corkies I do a tap-tap-skip at the bottom of the river, with spinners one tap and I lift the rod tip up a little and allow the blade to spin freely in the current for 3 seconds (skip-skip-skip) then a tap at the bottom and lift again.
7- When drifting always follow your lure and be in line with the lure.
And always remember: if you're not losing any then you're not fishing right...
the show there is over - think Bonniville Dam - Aug. 1 - opener - all spinner show - you will not believe your eyes !