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Roe including roe bags

35 (26.9%)

Shrimp (including ghost and cocktail)

25 (19.2%)

Rubber worm

23 (17.7%)

Colorado spinner

7 (5.4%)

Jensen egg

13 (10%)

Gooey Bob

5 (3.8%)

Corkies

4 (3.1%)

Yarn

5 (3.8%)

Jigs

13 (10%)

Total Members Voted: 127

[Fish Assassin]

If you are allowed only one lure/bait for steelheads, what would it be ?

[typhoon]

Jigs

[steelie-slayer]

my go to is large size jensen egg with a tad bit of peach wool works great and is cheap and after iv drifted the whole run twice with the jensen egg i switch to colarado gold hammered blade.

[steve B]

spoons man cover so much water the Ironhead is my goto steelhead spoon why no spoons in the list ?

[HOOK]

not a very thorough list there. I normally just use wool when and if I ever gear fish for them. My choice of weapon is flies  
 


HOOK - might try swinging lures of some kind on the spey rod LOL

[HOOK]

ok but if you wanna get technical then any form of bait is not a "lure" either. big heavy weighted flies are closer to lures than bait

any why only list Colorado's and leave out Ironheads, Kitimats, Kohos, Krocs and other typs of spoons that guys like to use

If you wanna talk gear then my favourites are Wool and Colorados, blades especially once the fry start to hatch 

[cutthroat22]

I chose colorado spinner but it's actually a black mepps aglia with the furry tail and treble hook replaced with single.

[Floater]

There is no such thing as a go to steelhead lure lol. Half the steelhead battle is in the mind. You just cant quit and it will happen like anything in this world.

[Fish or cut bait.]

There is no such thing as a go to steelhead lure lol. Half the steelhead battle is in the mind. You just cant quit and it will happen like anything in this world.

Exactly, My gotos are dependant on water condition.
Big (in your face type stuff) for dark water.
Smaller (more delicate presentations) for clearer water.
BUT! you have to get it in the zone.
You can fish with the right thing all day and not get a hit if you're not in the zone.

[Every Day]

Rivers where bait is allowed - shrimp with tiny piece of orange wool
Bait ban Rivers - Pink worm in either 4 or 6 inches

[milo]

My go-to steelhead tackle is variety, making sure I use something the next guy doesn't.
My last few steelhead were all caught on unorthodox items.

I'll never forget last year's episode when my buddy Tadpole approached me to take a picture of my landed steelie and commented: "WHAT? You caught it on THAT?" 

Two years ago I hooked into three fish in 5 casts on a white plastic worm. A guy fishing the same run at the same time with pink worms didn't get a single hit.

That said, roe and roe bags are hard to beat, but I'd rather fool the fish than feed the fish, so I lean towards artificials.
Plus, it's not messy.

[labmik]

Brad's lighted plugs.

[troutbreath]

Anything with an echip on it.

[fish_eye]

in dirty/clean water....orange corkie with some white wool...worked twice for me this weekend!

[joska]

i always attach a small magnet on my hook for my last few drifts through a run...