01-06-2010, 05:49 PM
This is good advice
Which plug is the best for Steelhead and Trout
Okay, all you budding steelhead anglers out there, here’s a little quiz for ya: Say you’re pulling plugs for steelies with a guide on a drift boat. The guide hands you and your buddy these two plugs with the same paint scheme to snap onto your lines. Which would would you pick?
If you chose the lower Tad Polly, you’re right! The upper lure would seem to be the more logical choice until you consider that the reason the bottom one is missing so much paint is that it’s been eaten by a lot of steelhead. The fresh out of the package model has yet to be proven under fire.
Regardless of the plug make or model, you’re going to have a few that fish really well and several others that, for reasons sometimes undetectable by the human eye, just don’t get bit. That’s not to say that the shiny one won’t be a winner — but do you really want to be the test pilot?
This all brings up an interesting point about plugging in general. Most of my top-producing salmon and steelhead plugs are missing most of their original paint but continue to get bit…proving that the right action trumps color.
by JD on January 5, 2010
You can see the article at FISH WITH JD
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Which plug is the best for Steelhead and Trout
Okay, all you budding steelhead anglers out there, here’s a little quiz for ya: Say you’re pulling plugs for steelies with a guide on a drift boat. The guide hands you and your buddy these two plugs with the same paint scheme to snap onto your lines. Which would would you pick?
If you chose the lower Tad Polly, you’re right! The upper lure would seem to be the more logical choice until you consider that the reason the bottom one is missing so much paint is that it’s been eaten by a lot of steelhead. The fresh out of the package model has yet to be proven under fire.
Regardless of the plug make or model, you’re going to have a few that fish really well and several others that, for reasons sometimes undetectable by the human eye, just don’t get bit. That’s not to say that the shiny one won’t be a winner — but do you really want to be the test pilot?
This all brings up an interesting point about plugging in general. Most of my top-producing salmon and steelhead plugs are missing most of their original paint but continue to get bit…proving that the right action trumps color.
by JD on January 5, 2010
You can see the article at FISH WITH JD
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