How to Rig up for Steelhead Float Fishing
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A Short Video on how to Rig up for Steelhead Float Fishing.
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March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
@steelheadstalkers …
@steelheadstalkers thats a really useful tip. thnx
p.s. is there a type of line i can use that stays ontop of the water? i need one thats not high vis.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Exactly! I do …
Exactly! I do that a lot! You can go back and forth between fixed and sliding. Awesome.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
You are right! I …
You are right! I am lazy. It also helps to add the extra bobber stop below the float if you want to use your sliding float setup as a fixed setup.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Chad you forgot the …
In case you break off, you won’t loose your float. But I do love finding all those nice floats along side of the river. 
Chad you forgot the bead and extra bobber stop BELOW the float.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Micro jigs!! Pink …
Micro jigs!! Pink worms!!
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Actually… He …
Actually… He really doesn’t… I know him and the rivers are verybig say like clearwater sized… He fishes like the rogue and applegate and alsea rivers.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
10g is pretty big, …
10g is pretty big, you must fish some deep fast water. I never use anything heavier than 4.5g. I find pressured fish will spit out the bait if they feel any resistance. Roe is great but don’t forget to try some small fly’s early fall ansd through the spring.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Good info, maybe do …
Good info, maybe do a close-up of the tackle (pre and post rigging up)
Thanks for sharing
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
10g drennen nice …
10g drennen nice choice….but the rigging is messed..try making your own slinkies for slip floats..get those lead inline sinkers out of here
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
great video!!!! …
great video!!!! what bait do you use other than roe
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
I would try …
I would try downsizing everything if you haven’t already. Go down to 4lb fluoro and small micro jigs, single egg patterns, small #1 #2 black spinners or small chunk of worm. If this doesn’t work fish early and late. Good luck!
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
hit my creek …
hit my creek yesterday and it was full of fish. But not one player. Saw bout 50 fish but they were locked up. temp was 69. ???
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Ya that works well …
Ya that works well for great lakes rivers and creeks. Out here the rivers especially for winter steelhead are small but have deep holes that depending on the hour of the day and weather can change a lot making for having a sliding float setup a must! Summer steelhead flows are a little more dependable and you can use pegged floats without any trouble. Sounds like fun fishing for the steelhead back east. Not quite the same animal but still a lot of fun especially if you can hook 5+ in a day.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Ya im in indiana …
Ya im in indiana and we got 6 tiny streams here and one decent river in r limited lake shore so i peg alot.Just went 2/4 yesterday. R summer runs r some of the best.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
If you fish small …
If you fish small coastal rivers a lot of times you are in tight quarters so casting your pegged float set at six feet or deeper can be hard compared to being able to reel up and only cast two or three feet and then the slider does the rest of the work once it hits the water. It also helps when fishing deep like a ten foot deep hole, its hard to cast a ten foot section of line with a pegged float. Hope this helps!
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Whats the advantage …
Whats the advantage of a sliding float
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Thank you, thats …
Thank you, thats great.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
you could do that. …
you could do that. but you’d be spending a lot of time tying and retying to adjust to the water depth. instead, try using a sliding float of some kind. most floats can be easily moved up or down the line, the you can quickly adapt to any depth.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
No I would just …
No I would just move the float stop up. This is why this rig is so great once you have it rigged up rarely do you have to retie. Set your leader to the shallowes riffle or hole you plan to fish, then you can make it deeper to fish other holes by moving the bobber stop up or down. Good luck!
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
thanks very much …
thanks very much thats awsome… and by making it deeper you mean you would just attach a longer leader right? not just move the float stopper up?
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
I try to keep the …
I try to keep the leader the length of the shallowes hold Im going to be fishing. So if there is water that is three feet I will set the leader length at three then I can make it deeper if I need to. This rig will work for any type of water and river.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
hey hows it going, …
hey hows it going, do you always use that length of leader… and i was wondering too how fast the water you are fishing with that is, i live on a slower wider, lazyer river. thanks alot.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Thanks for the demo …
Thanks for the demo we’ll try the bobber fishing..
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
Try a float reel …
Try a float reel and river fishing… your rig is good as any other slip float rig. Nothing to it.
March 8th, 2010 at 9:57 am
haha jeff gordon …
haha jeff gordon anybody?