spoons who how and what

[jr]

During the summer when the water is low and slow i like to spoon .Is there anyone else out there that enjoys spooning ?

where and when do you like to use spoons .what colors do you like ?etc etc

[willametteriveroutlaw]

My girlfirend likes to spoon.I personally hate spooning.. its just too suffocating. Lately I prefer the sleeping on the couch method.. :wink:

I generally fish green and blue steelies as well as silver crocidles.. I really like spinners better though.. Silver and Blue Bluefoxes size 2 and three and whatever other spinners catch my eye.

[ 04-02-2002, 07:27 PM: Message edited by: wilamatteriveroutlaw ]

[stlhdh2o]

The first thing I would suggest is calling it "throwing hardware" or something with a little less intimate connotation if you get my meaning :wink:

First off there are only three brands of spoon I will fish with for steelhead: Pen Tac, Mor Tac and Litle Cleo's...in that order. Mor-Tac is making enough variation that they currently have all of my business (unless I can find that Pen-Tac guy I have heard stuff about)...

If your home river has low and clear fishing conditions in the summer time I suggest using brass and tarnished brass spoons depending on water temperature. In super low clear and warm conditions the spoons in black oxide are a good choice, a little strip or two of tape on the concave side of the spoon for color...

My favorite thing about fishing hardware is its common sense approach...Warmer and clearer = smaller and less flashy...Colder and cloudier = bigger and flashier...once you start to dial in this relationship you will start hooking fish if they are there.

Siwash hooks at all times, facing up, you will lose fewer fish once hooked and alot fewer spoons :smile:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1878175300/qid=1017804725/sr=8- 1/ref=sr_8_1_1/104-1398083-8535952 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1878175300/qid=1017804725/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1_1/104-1398083-8535952)

Here is a link to decent book on the subject, by the time I had read it I was past anything I could learn from the book, but it would be a terrific place to start for a beginner.

Any specific questions??

[ 04-02-2002, 07:37 PM: Message edited by: stlhdh2o ]

[jr]

Not so much questions as i wanted to raise the topic and talk about it tks for the info

what do you think of Acme stee-lee and how do you use the little cleo's i have some but haven't thrown them yet. and thank you for responding positivly

[stlhdh2o]

I don't use the spoons you mentioned because they don't get deep enough for the water I fish, xcpt the cleo's...

[Jig-N-Bobberman]

I've never caught a steelhead with a spoon, but then I don't use them very often. :rolleyes: Although, I love using homemade Gold spinners (same size as a bluefox #3) but heavier. This time of year and even as the water clears up, I caught about half my fish on that spinner last year. :cheers: Give it a shot

[Crayfin]

OK, I had to re-register but here I am!! h2o--the guy who is making Pen-Tac's stuff again is going by the name BK Fishing Lures 310 Lawrence Lane
Yreka, Ca 96097 (530)841-0904 mobile (530)905-0215 :grin: Yea, I would have to admit that that book is a great choice on spoon fishing, as far as being "beyond" learning anything from it well.......I have been fishing spoons for 15 years and consider myself one of the better spoon fishers I know, and I learned a few things. Interestingly enough--he recommends having the hooks facing the other way, that is to say the concave side of the spoon for a better bite (even provides a diagram)food for thought.............

Crayfin

[stlhdh2o]

That's what I meant by 'facing up'....couldn't draw a diagram, does he call it facing down?? Oh well, I hope you check that book out jr...

...and remember its "throwing hardware" :wink:

[corky23]

little cleo's and acme thunderbolt's. i like to use the thunderbolt the 1/4 oz size in gold with a little green glitter tape on the back plus i change the hook to a single siwash. In low clear water this is my favorite spoon
later
kris