One of the most used techniques in winter steelhead fishing
these days is the use of Floats and rubber worms. One of my great and longtime
clients Pat Allen showed me a way of articulating our worms for more movement
and great hook to land ratios.
1.
Using a 1/8 once worm jig head from Hawken
Fishing.
2.
Wrap a 2.5 inch or 4-inch piece (depending on
length of worm) of P-line 50# Braid onto the jig head securing with a small drop
of super glue.
3.
Loop a 1/0 octopus hooked onto the Braid.
4.
Cut off the back hooked portion of the jig head
leaving a short ½ inch of the hook left below your wrapped braid.
5.
Now simply take your favorite Mad River worm and
slowly thread it up the hook pulling the hook out just above the tail.
Fish this like you would any other jig or jig /worm combo. Now get out there and get to catching some steelhead. If you want to hear about some tackle or technique that you
have always wondered about let me know and we will get it covered for you. Stay tuned for next month’s Tackle technique Tip