Spoons and Spinners

[blankman]

Anyone have advice or ideas on spoon or spinner fishing for steelhead on the Clack or Sandy? I don't see much action on this board on these techniques. I have read Herzog's book Spoon Fishing for Steelhead and it says spoon or spinner fishing are good ways for a beginner to start out. I have been drift fishing for a few years with no success.

Anywhere on the Clack or Sandy particularly good for spoon or spinner fishing? Any particular lures better than others?

Any advice would be appreciated.
thanks - jeff

[Coot22]

do it...spinner fishing for winter fish is very effective. so are spoons. I will have a buddy of mine post a picture of me holding a large winter steelhead with a spinner in its mouth. In fact, most of my fish caught by myself and my fishing buddies have been on spinners. Cast upstream (quarter your cast) and real just fast enough to keep it off of the bottom, it is not too important to make sure that the blade is spinning...it will flop...and then a regular retrieve when it is in front of you and finally let it swing in the current below you. I have hooked fish at all points in the cast. Hope this helps!

-Coot

[David Johnson]

In my opinion the Clack is pretty big for using them, fish can be caught but there is just so much water to cover.

Try fishing smaller streams, the Sandy is good from Dodge Park up, so is Eagle Cr.

Coot22 has some good advice to fallow.

[local_hooker]

I took a first timer down the Nestucca yesterday, third hole down from farmers he got one on a #5 blue fox. Blue/silver is my favorite. If you are not chipping up the body your doing it wrong, you want to be on bottom.

Sad part was he lost it because I never explained to him that you have to set the hook? I assumed everyone knew that? Never assume anything.

My hat is off to the guides who deal with novices everyday.

LH

[BigSpinner]

spinner fishing is great. A big key is to get it close to the bottom. I like making my own spinners it is easy and you get a better spinner for less money. Another key is to move a lot do not over fish one spot. I get more winter fish on spinners than drift fishing. I also get a lot of fish on my first three casts. I hope I could help out.
Jeremy,