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[Rodney]

Below is a photo of Vedder on January 19th, provided by Lew.

[Fish Assassin]

Wow, is that taken from the Boom Sticks ?

[Rodney]

No.... it's taken from a digital camera....

[Fish Assassin]

No.... it's taken from a digital camera....

Funny man ! You need to go fishing...

[Rodney]

 

I know.

[Steelhawk]

That is right below the Crossing Bridge, the cable tower section.  Wow, looks like no fishing for a while. Looks like we city folks are not getting our money's worth for our tag this year - first a long stretch of bitter cold/snow, now this... Looks like January may be toasted. We need the folks advocating global warming to explain what is happening with these extreme weather conditions, so we can read the 'water' and adapt....
 (water in the form of rain & snow) 

[Rieber]

Wow, that's big water. Expect to see guys bottom bouncing this weekend.

[Oliver]

Do people actually try bottom bouncing for steelhead?

Yes they do, in fact I do on occasion.

[DragonSpeed]

Remember BB is one thing, and BB with 10ft Leaders is another

[Steelhawk]

You bet, BBing with a corkie or small spin&glo in a deeper pool/run when the sun is high up and steelies hide deep.

[Oliver]

Remember BB is one thing, and BB with 10ft Leaders is another

Are you reminding me or is this just a general statement.

Why would you need to limit your bottom bouncing to sunny days in deep water?

[Steelhawk]

My understanding is that on bright sunny days in clearer condition, steelhead will hide deeper than usual. You won't find too many at the shallow edges (except at first light). Float fishing may not reach some of these deep sitting steelies.  Of course, you can try BBing on cloudy days, but steelies are more spread out to shallower areas, which float fishing will do just fine or even better.

Another situation of BBing is when steelies hide underneath strong top flows, whereas the bottom flow is relatively calm. Take the Osborne Pool for example, the top end of the pool may hide steelies underneath strong foamy flow at the surface from the rapids above. Fishing a float there can be too fast as the strong surface current pushes the floats down.  BBing will take care of this problem, so you can fish deep, and slow down the presentation.

Just my humble 2 cents on the subject of BBing for steelies. Others may have their own experiences.

[JustinG]

I occasionally BB for steelies and it's a mainstay for coho as I have found they both love chasing a colorodo blade across a slow to medium flow. BB may not be an accurate term since the weight will rarely tap the bottom. I've found it to be an effective way to present a blade in mid-water - aggressive fish can't help themselves.

[Rieber]

I must admit, I've taken my float off before to fish deep holes with a pink worm. I didn't even consider that bottom bouncing.

[Oliver]

For those of you who do not know how to drift fish wth out snagging bottom every other cast or snagging fish, I suggest you take the time to learn. There is a book called Color Guide To Steelhead Drift Fishing by Bill Herzog. Everything you need to know to get you on your way.