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Summer steel
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What is every ones favorite technique for low ,clear water for summer steelies? I fish for summer steel on the John Day, in Feb & March, & Deshutes summers in Sept, But was thinking of heading to the coast next week. Small line small bait? Any advice would be welcome. 
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Re: Summer steel
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Small terminal gear (actually use flies, no kidding), 6-8 # test line, and even lighter leader if you can. Actually, I fly fish 95% of the time and this is when the 15' RIO leaders go on the end of a full floater.
fae
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Tony1831
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(Native slab)
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07/18/08 05:42 AM
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Re: Summer steel
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Long time, no see...
I agree with Fred, 6 or 8# line if it is really low. For baits, try small(4mm) roe colored beads, or dime size egg clusters, and don't forget sandshrimp!
Also, try small jigs in buggy patterns, i.e. black, purple, olive, rusty brown.
Nightcrawlers/small corkies are hard to beat, if there aren't any smolts around.
Good luck, and don't forget the camera.
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Re: Summer steel
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Spinners work great too , small and dark colored with just a little flash . We've been nailing them on the Wilson with our headbanger lures with brass blades . check them out on our web page
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Brewer
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(Then They Turned @ Last To Me, We Shall Call You Brewer, The Slayer Of Salmons You Shall Be')
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07/18/08 01:44 PM
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Re: Summer steel
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very nice!
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Greg_G
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(FLOSSER)
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07/18/08 03:58 PM
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Re: Summer steel
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Glo-bugs for me... But Im starting to use jigs more and more for em.
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Mojo
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(Sturgeon Trainer)
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07/18/08 09:53 PM
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Re: Summer steel
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Summers are built for fly fishing. Small jigs under a bobber will also work well. I love spoons and spinners, go with burnished brass or copper blades when the sun is up. Hmmm, maybe a road trip in my future...
I'll call you Troy.
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Re: Summer steel
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Sounds good Joe. I need to blow the stink off & get away from the ranch & the f***ing cows for a while.  I can think of a few cows that could get hurt  if they keep tearing fences down & getting me into trouble with ODFW & USFS  
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Re: Summer steel
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One thing I've yet to try, but it's on this summer 'agenda.' Always wondered (I should register and get another 'name' for this post)was how a very small spinner would work off the end of a spey rod/fly rod.
Anyone ever tried it?
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NickVellios
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(Killer of Deer, Releaser of Native Steelhead)
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07/23/08 06:45 AM
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Re: Summer steel
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Small dark purple/black flies. Teeny clusters of eggs. Single corky with no or very little yarn. Small darker spinners (RvrFisher's Metalic Black ones are awesome)
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Brewer
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(Then They Turned @ Last To Me, We Shall Call You Brewer, The Slayer Of Salmons You Shall Be')
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07/23/08 08:14 AM
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Re: Summer steel
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Teeny cluster of eggs... ??? is jim teeny now tying selling a fly tied to look like eggs?
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Re: Summer steel
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Quote:
NickVellios said:
Small dark purple/black flies. Teeny clusters of eggs. Single corky with no or very little yarn. Small darker spinners (RvrFisher's Metalic Black ones are awesome)
I knew someone would help me "find the Dark Side." 
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Re: Summer steel
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Thanks for the info guys! I'm thinking 1.26 oz of C4 on a #1 hook will do it
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Re: Summer steel
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Fred,
Don't see why you couldn't use a very small spinner on a fly rod , except the fly line would twist some , might wreak some kind of havoc with your tippet . Best way to do it would be to tie up a fly that had a small spinner blade (sz.0) hanging off the bottom of it , so it just fluttered rather than spun . I've seen some jigs tied up that way . If you going to go to the dark side though you might as well go all the way and use a spinning rod 
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Greg_G
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(FLOSSER)
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07/29/08 12:37 PM
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Re: Summer steel
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they have those.... flies with the spinners in cabelas... I think their called sneaky petes?
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