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Hay ZB (that's why it's called fishing)It took me about two years to get the hang of it. Just keep at it and learn to read the river and where the holding water is. Watch others and ask questions. Mostly it's paying your dues and hours on the river. Nothing beats a wild Steelhead on a dry fly in the fall. Wild man Wild
ZeeBorn- What's your tackle? and what method/approach are you going to be using? Dry, Wet?
I am going to spend this winter focusing on one and only one aspect. My thoughts are that if i get better and better at this one thing, it will improve my catch rate.
I am going out with a 9ft 7 weight rod. 150 yards backing, attached to a 7WF Sink Tip (2-4" sec). I am attaching a 6ft leader and a couple of ft of tippet with a streamer (egg sucking leach, etc) on the end.
I want to get the fly down as fast as i can and drift the whole setup just off the bottom.
From all that i have read, this is a classic Pacific Northwest tactic, and if thats right, who am i to argue. Thining about it... its just another drift technique.
If it works.. then it works and i am going to focus on it.
Mostly, its going to be time practicing casting and peace away from everything.
Any fish will be a bonus..
Didn't mean pay as in a guide, but pay with your time and hours on the water.
after halloween you are going to want to put that fly within 6 inches of a winters face... so if your skimming the surface or using skaters your going to have a very slow day of fishing.I haven't done much fly fishing for steelhead, but from what I have read the action of the fly is very important, and that the action is close to the surface. I believe that this goes back to what Rokjak is saying, that is, fish the surface when it's clear, though he probably has a different take. Basically you want the fly, perhaps a purple peril, to sweep across the current near the surface in front of where you think the fish are holding and it's this sweeping action that gives life to the fly which is alluring to the fish. Understand that this comes from a very inexperienced steelhead fisherman, but I have read it from more than one source, so I tend to give it credance.
My $.02
Ken
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