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Title: Go to steelhead lures
Post by: jmscon on May 03, 2020, 08:21:30 AM: What is everyone’s go to bank casting lure (or bait setup) for steelhead?
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Post by: Mfowl on May 03, 2020, 08:38:03 AM: Jig & float or swing a spoon.
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Post by: SkookumHntr on May 03, 2020, 09:05:53 AM: Coming into summer, my fav would be a number 4 silver blue fox or a number 4 gold buds spinner.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on May 03, 2020, 09:06:30 AM: Okie Drifter. Perl pink.
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Post by: birdshooter1189 on May 03, 2020, 09:09:06 AM: I've caught a few on roostertails and kastmasters.
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Post by: Goomsba on May 03, 2020, 09:12:20 AM: Pink and White yarn fly :tup:
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Post by: Oldguy on May 03, 2020, 09:29:54 AM: Jensen egg with white wool under a float.
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Post by: Crunchy on May 03, 2020, 09:37:18 AM: The hard to come by BC Spoon.
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Post by: fowl smacker on May 03, 2020, 09:37:40 AM: I've caught hundreds if not thousands of steelhead over the years on #4 blue, BlueFox's. A close 2nd would be pink
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Post by: Twispriver on May 03, 2020, 10:05:05 AM: I haven't fished in a few years but I always did well with the Blue Fox if I was casting and the old corkie, yarn and egg setup if I was bottom bouncing
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Post by: dilleytech on May 03, 2020, 10:13:17 AM: Blue fox spinner.
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Post by: KNOPHISH on May 03, 2020, 10:37:39 AM: Caught a few :chuckle: on peach corkie with sand shrimp. Chomp chomp
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Post by: jmscon on May 03, 2020, 07:01:21 PM: Thanks for all the replies! Can’t wait to get out there!
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Post by: BLH69 on May 03, 2020, 07:14:11 PM: Blue Fox. Blue body silver blade. Usually a number 4.
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Post by: metlhead on May 03, 2020, 07:18:35 PM: 1/4oz steelie in real silver swung across 4' riffles puts many fish in the box
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Post by: Katmai Guy on May 03, 2020, 07:24:48 PM: 4"pink worm drifted like a bead or corky.
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Post by: metlhead on May 03, 2020, 07:46:56 PM: Pocket full of these
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on May 03, 2020, 07:49:20 PM: Depends on the river.
For one river, an orange corky; another river is the pink worm under the float; the other river (especially in summer) is a black/purple jig under a float.
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Post by: Cultusman on May 03, 2020, 09:24:42 PM: Back when there was Steelhead it was green yarn and eggs all day long.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on May 04, 2020, 05:43:06 AM: All day long every day and egg clusters
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Post by: spoonman on May 04, 2020, 06:28:10 AM: I fish steelhead weekly and I would say 95% of the steelhead I catch come on spoons. BC Steel or the original little Cleo, all other spoons are sub par.
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Post by: nwwanderer on May 04, 2020, 07:02:10 AM: Some days the dupont special
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Post by: Bullkllr on May 04, 2020, 07:03:05 AM: Impossible to narrow it to one as different situations require different presentations:
"Rag" with multi-colored yarn
Spin-glo in various sizes
Hard to beat shrimp or eggs anytime
Spinner:winter- #5-4 silver/summer #3-4 brass
Spoon: same general finish as spinners
Jig: original bead-bodied "Leo" with pink tail
Plug: herring bone Tadpolly
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Post by: D-Rock425 on May 04, 2020, 07:05:37 AM: I've never caught a steelhead on a spoon.
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Post by: 7mmfan on May 04, 2020, 07:10:06 AM: I grew up basically only pulling plugs for steelhead. The herringbone tadpoly Bullkllr referenced has been the demise of hundreds and hundreds of steelhead in our boat. Maybe more. Followed closely by metallic pink, and Cop Car.

More recently, say last 10 years, done far less plug pulling and far more drift fishing and float fishing. 4"- 5" worms in various shades of pink, and yarn balls in flame/cerise, cerise/white have accounted for a significant number of fish. The bead has been responsible for thousands though.
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Post by: Pinetar on May 04, 2020, 07:12:49 AM: Quote from: 7mmfan on May 04, 2020, 07:10:06 AM
I grew up basically only pulling plugs for steelhead. The herringbone tadpoly Bullkllr referenced has been the demise of hundreds and hundreds of steelhead in our boat. Maybe more. Followed closely by metallic pink, and Cop Car.

More recently, say last 10 years, done far less plug pulling and far more drift fishing and float fishing. 4"- 5" worms in various shades of pink, and yarn balls in flame/cerise, cerise/white have accounted for a significant number of fish. The bead has been responsible for thousands though.

:yeah: In the picture ;)
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Post by: IFunk on May 04, 2020, 07:42:48 AM: A yarnie soaked in nectar drifted behind a pencil lead is my first choice. #3 blue fox and little cleos are runners up.
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Post by: SeaRun1 on May 04, 2020, 08:22:34 AM: All time favorite would be the spoon. BC Steel and Rvrwagglr (?) is 50/50 or black. Upstream or downstream spoons are a blast to fish.

SR1
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Post by: ridgefire on May 04, 2020, 09:18:23 PM: When I used to do aot of steelheading the 50/50 Rivrwaggler was my go to. Another good one for me was a pink pearl corkie with some peach yarn and a little shrimp oil. Those two
lures have put quite a few steelhead on the bank on the Skykomish.
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Post by: Alchase on May 04, 2020, 09:35:18 PM: I have been a tried and true corkie and yarn (various colors depending on conditions) or Daredeveil (red and white) Steelie fisherman most my life. With a few plunking hits on Spin-N-Glows along the way. And I have had pretty good luck.
I tried pink worms off and on when not getting bites, because I read they do good on Piscatory Pursuits back in the day. Never had a bite off a pink worm.
My question to those of you that have had luck with pink worms, are they good only from boat?
And Those that jig, it seems this is very effective on the coastal rivers. Is it worth trying on the Puget Sound rivers?
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Post by: Katmai Guy on May 04, 2020, 10:24:38 PM: Love the worm. I drift fish it exclusively since I haven't fished for steelies from a boat in ages. It can be rigged wacky where you hook it right in the middle. It can be used as a jig tail, or behind a diver/plug. I thread the hook thru the worm starting at the head and exiting the worm about halfway down or a little further. 24"-36" leader depending on water clarity, weight as needed. drift away. What I have found is the catch ratio of hatchery to wild is about 1:5. And there is nothing subtle about the take, they hammer it.
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Post by: huntnphool on May 05, 2020, 01:41:30 AM: Bobber and jig.
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Post by: huntnnw on May 05, 2020, 04:39:44 AM: bead
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Post by: Backstrap on May 16, 2020, 11:18:58 AM: Pentac or equivalent, #5 silver with red trim in winter, #3 green trim in summer, black with various trim if nothing else is working. All fished according to Jed Davis book.

Backtrolling a gold/red/black tadpolly (sunrise) with siwash was my go to.

Drift boat hasn’t left the driveway in 5 years. >:(
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Post by: 2MANY on May 16, 2020, 11:22:33 AM: I remember the Steelhead.
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Post by: Dan-o on May 16, 2020, 11:39:05 AM: Quote from: huntnphool on May 05, 2020, 01:41:30 AM
Bobber and jig.

One of my fav jigs right there. :tup: