brandon4455
I caught my first and only steelhead on a worm, 13 years ago, but i think it was a summer. Let us know how it works for u! i have no tips on how to rig, but im interested in what others have to say.
Yeah worms work great. With all the rains, and floods. Earthworms get washed into the rivers making them very available to steelhead. But I only use the pink worms myself. I think they produce better then live worms. Something about the color.
Dead drifting a worm, does work VERY well for Summers; but not too sure about Winters. It's certainly worth a try.
You're welcome buddy. Some peeps use a pink corkie and a worm. But, steelies are merely sea-run trout; who once chomped on worms as they were growing up. So, it stands to reason that an OFFering of a worm--on their return trip--would also entice more chomping!
this past summer i hooked a summersteelhead on a night crawler and a corkie drifted, never landed it though as he/she gave me a few powerfull headshakes and was OFF.
Worms and pink worms work great. Orange, or pink corkies on regular nightcrawlers have been some of my better producers. A pink worm all by itself has made a winter absolutely hammer the line and take OFF like a raped ape.
I used to catch steel on nightcrawlers all the time, with the help of just a dab of red yarn.... they work fine, may I suggest you lose the strike indicator before it becomes a crutch you end up relying on the rest of your fishing carreer?
When fishin the Nestucca or trask, worms out fish all else for me. Also worked well the one time I used it on the WIlson. Use pink puff balls threaded through hook up to the line. Use a worm threader to thread entire worm on the hook / line. If its really clear water, I will use a sharpie and color half the puff ball, sometimes all of it. The puff ball helps to keep the worm and hook out of the rocks.