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The end of the world is near, so come down to Fishermen’s Warehouse in Sacramento tonight (12/20/12) at 6 PM for some steelhead tricks to take with you into the next world.
The seminar’s an hour or so and I’ll cover plugging, drifting, bobber fishing and more…Hope to see you there!
Regardless of the watershed you’re on, drifting eggs is very hard to beat for winter-run fish. But eggs aren’t without their inherent problems: Roe is a delicate bait and the constant casting and drifting in fast current and bouncing off rocks means your offering takes a beating. Depending on your cure and the water you’re fishing, a cluster of roe may last only one to five casts
What that means is you’re going to spend a lot of time re-baiting. And when you consider the fact that steelhead are often referred to as the “fish of a thousand casts,” time spent out of the water is time wasted. So, what’s the answer?
Spawn Sacks, of course!
Click here to read more…
With all the crazy rain we’ve had up and down the West Coast lately, I figured it is probably time to talk plunking.
But plunking for steelhead is basically a glorified form of catfishing, right?
Big rod? Check! Forked stick? Check! Bell? Check! Truck? Check! Beer? Check!
Okay, so plunking may not be as technically demanding as casting a dry line 100 feet or deciphering the subtle differences between a rock tap and a bite while side-drifting, but make no mistake about it, this is one deadly technique – particularly in high water.
And again, with plenty of high watwr to go around at the moment, let’s take a closer look at the nuts and bolts of plunking – only this time, from a slightly different angle. While the majority of plunking takes place from shore, there are some merits to doing it from a boat (“blunking?”…Sorry!). Click here to read more…
Steelhead are rad. Sorry to have to go to the vault and bust out a 1980’s adjective there, but it really does fit, doesn’t it?
Everything about them is cool: The way they crush a plug or mash a swung fly. Their ability to cartwheel 3 feet out of the water and then burn 50 yards of line in a nanosecond. Their incomparable beauty. The incredible places they live. Pure and simple steelhead are indeed…rad.
But how much do you know about these amazing critters? Well, here are some random factoids to give you a better understanding of steelies…Click here to read more…
It looks like most of the West Coast is in for a good dumping this week. From Seattle on down through Los Angeles, things are going to be wet.
Most of the precipitation is forecasted for Central California on up and some major rain (and wind) appears to be on the horizon!
From Weather Underground, here’s the Nor Cal outlook:
” The heaviest precipitation is expected over Shasta County along with Butte and western Plumas counties, where a large area of rainfall amounts of 12 to 18 inches or more will be possible through the weekend…”