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First off I would like to say that he had good customer service. He worked with me on hook selection, and did them up very quickly. I personally wanted one variety of hook - so he went out and got them for me. Again, Thumbs up there man.
On to the report/review. We hit the middle Clackamas first thing this morning. By we I mean 3 good friends and myself.
We strictly ran the new Steelhead Stalkers - Rattle Jigs! That way we could put some rod hours on them to see how they performed. To be very honest they outperformed my expectations. Not meaning the craftsmanship (they were done very well), simply on average I haven't had the best luck bobber fishing for coho.
Heres what the jigs we were running looked like, in case you haven't seen them:
I was running a 1.5oz bobber system.
One of my buddies and I got our limits, the other guys got 2 each. It was a flat out hen hunt. We were on a search for springer bait, and certainly got it. One of my buddies kept one small buck, but all the other retained fish were females. They are on the dark side, but what do you expect from fish that have been waiting for rain for a couple weeks - we weren't all that interested in meat. All of the skeins were great!
The jigs held up very well fish after fish. We did not have a single one fall apart. There was no need to change anything other than the 8lb leader we were using. They also held the fish well, very few were lost. We just picked fish off one after another about 15 minutes apart in the same mile of water. We didn't use any scent on them either.
I can imagine these jigs twitched would work well because of the rattles. It's on the "to do" list.
These jigs earned a spot in my arsenal towards the picky fish we all love - Coho. I will be sending them past steelhead soon just to see if the rattles drive steelhead nuts as well.
Tomorrow I will be testing Identical looking jigs, Without the Rattles to see how they compare in catch rates. I understand that coho are crazy and change what they want frequently so I will compare these jigs more than just one day with each but the first round test for the Rattle Jigs went over rather well.
On to the report/review. We hit the middle Clackamas first thing this morning. By we I mean 3 good friends and myself.
We strictly ran the new Steelhead Stalkers - Rattle Jigs! That way we could put some rod hours on them to see how they performed. To be very honest they outperformed my expectations. Not meaning the craftsmanship (they were done very well), simply on average I haven't had the best luck bobber fishing for coho.
Heres what the jigs we were running looked like, in case you haven't seen them:
I was running a 1.5oz bobber system.
One of my buddies and I got our limits, the other guys got 2 each. It was a flat out hen hunt. We were on a search for springer bait, and certainly got it. One of my buddies kept one small buck, but all the other retained fish were females. They are on the dark side, but what do you expect from fish that have been waiting for rain for a couple weeks - we weren't all that interested in meat. All of the skeins were great!
The jigs held up very well fish after fish. We did not have a single one fall apart. There was no need to change anything other than the 8lb leader we were using. They also held the fish well, very few were lost. We just picked fish off one after another about 15 minutes apart in the same mile of water. We didn't use any scent on them either.
I can imagine these jigs twitched would work well because of the rattles. It's on the "to do" list.
These jigs earned a spot in my arsenal towards the picky fish we all love - Coho. I will be sending them past steelhead soon just to see if the rattles drive steelhead nuts as well.
Tomorrow I will be testing Identical looking jigs, Without the Rattles to see how they compare in catch rates. I understand that coho are crazy and change what they want frequently so I will compare these jigs more than just one day with each but the first round test for the Rattle Jigs went over rather well.
