Just to add one point to Neal's excellent advice, when fishing streamers from a drift boat, pay particular attention to the calm areas behind a current break. Cast the "streamer" high-up into the calm water with a big upstream aerial mend, let it sink for a moment, than strip like mad. I've had some outstanding fishing using this technique. However, one of my best days came with a totally different approach. I was using an all-white rabbit-strip streamer with beadchain eyes (a "single bunny"). I dead-drifted this a few feet from shore, making it lift and fall with the rod tip. The bows, no browns, hammered this consistently until I finally broke it off in a 5+ pounder.
cheers Paul -- Paul Marriner Outdoor Writing & Photography. Owner: Gale's End Press. Member: OWAA & OWC. Author of: A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns (co-author), Stillwater Fly Fishing: Tools & Tactics, How to Choose & Use Fly-tying Thread, Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal, Ausable River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon.
