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Fiberglass Fish Mounts

March 11, 2008 By JD 2 Comments

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By having a fiberglass fish mount made of your trophy catch, you can have the best of both worlds: a fish for the wall that you didn’t have to kill!

A mounted trophy from a past trip is an awesome addition to an office, sports room or den – and they’re not as expensive as you’d think.
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Filed Under: Steelhead, Trophy Room Tagged With: fiberglass fish mount, taxidermy

How to Pick the Best Plug Color for Steelhead

January 10, 2008 By JD 3 Comments

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With winter steelheading in full force along the West Coast and portions of the Great Lakes right now, it’s time to talk plugging!

Backtrolling plugs such as Hot Shots, Wiggle Warts, FatFish, Tad Pollies and the like is extremely deadly at times and is a great way to get inexperienced or young anglers who don’t cast well into some fish.
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Filed Under: Steelhead Tagged With: plug, Steelhead

How to Tie a Tandom Egg Loop Rig

October 22, 2006 By JD 2 Comments

One you’ve got the hang of tying the basic Egg Loop, try the pimped version. It’s great for back-bouncing, side-drifting, mooching and more!

More Salmon Techniques

Filed Under: Best of FishwithJD, Salmon, Steelhead Tagged With: back bouncing, egg loop, mooching, Salmon, side drifting, Steelhead, Video

How to Boondogg for Steelhead

January 10, 2006 By JD 2 Comments

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No doubt you’ve read about boondogging or “dragging” for steelhead in the local fishing rags but you’re not totally clear on the definition, right? Well, Grasshopper, let me enlighten thee… Boondogging is the act of dragging roe downstream from a drifting boat. It’s fairly easy to get the hang of and, because you drift at the speed of the current, you can cover a lot of water in a short period of time – which can be key when chasing sea-run rainbows.
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Filed Under: Steelhead Tagged With: boondogging, dragging, Steelhead, steelhead fishing

Yarn Ball Fishing Tips for Steelhead

December 9, 2005 By JD 1 Comment

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Okay, now that steelhead are showing up in rivers up and down the coast, it’s time to bust out the yarn eggs. Not only are yarn eggs (we’re talking Glo Bugs and similarly styled flies here) deadly effective, but they’re also extremely versatile, easy to use, simple to tie and inexpensive. So here you are, fly tying for beginners never was any easier for this species of fish.

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Filed Under: Best of FishwithJD, Steelhead Tagged With: glo bugs, Steelhead, steelhead fishing, yarn egg

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