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On those days when the fish are finicky. I've had some tremendous luck with this tactic on steelhead. I leave only my outside riggers down with Chrome shark weights. I run a 1lb ball down the chute with a Grey ghost Opti and a blue dolphin fly. I tie a piece of line directly to the hook of the fly about 36" long. I then attach one of my favorite steelhead spoons using just a uni-lock snap.
Try it sometime when the fishing slow and the temps are right.
Curt
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Sounds crazy, but if you've been targeting steelhead with little success, try tipping your steely spoons with a small piece of nightcrawler, just enough to to tempt the fish without interfering with lure action.
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NETWORKING Gentleman I think the best tip is the latest one that has been shared by one of our friends whether it is from the internet,cell phone call(have you thought of trying for browns,the gulls are bombing baifish at the gap)thanks RedRider for 1st place brown at 4th of july derby in the last hours,or a tip from a guy at the baitshop,or just a call on the radio about depth.I have been fortunate enough to have fell into a group of guys that have hung out in the same area and freely share info for the last couple years.when one of the guys is out you usually have a good idea of where to start.
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Wire dipsey driving you nutz? Break offs, creeping reel, straightened hooks. Try useing a rubber band half hitched in front of the reel to the wire and loop it over the handle. This will allow you to loosen up on you drag. When useing Mag dipseys just use 2 rubber bands size 32.
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Best way to do that is to know a lot of people that fish a lot where you fish and share information HONESTLY with them. If you help them catch fish they will help you.
Then don't forget to thank the person that helped you catch fish.
You can't imagine how many times guys email me asking what is going on off Grand Haven and I tell them right where to go and what to run and how.
Then I read their fishing reports and the went right where I tell them and and banged the heck out of the fish and brag themselves up.
And I never hear from them until they are planning their next trip to Grand Haven. Sometimes their next emails get accidently deleted after an incident like that...
It's real simple...if someone helps you THANK THEM. Do it in an email, with a phone call or on one of the message boards.
Do that a few times and you will never be short of good fishing info.
Run a ball bearing snap swivel on the rod but when running spoons use a light leader with only a 20 lb duolock snap tied to it. Attach leader to the bb swivel and hook duo lock snap to spoon.
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