Sorry fella's but since I can't fish due to the knee surgery I am going to pick your
brains and try to learn about Steelhead. Hope you don't mind.
There is a small river off of the Snake that I reported on right before surgery. The
Steelhead weren't in yet but I am definetly ready to go after them when I can.
The river poses an interesting challenge. It is only 15 feet wide in most places with
shallow riffles and various deep pockets of water where the fish hold. There are some
deep, 10 foot long pools but they seem to be few. Most of the cover is going to be
small pools, behind rocks etc. No problem fishing dry's for the resident trout but
since most of the Steelhead technique I read about talks about a down and across drift
with the fly I am wondering how to approach fishing this stream?
In a small stream like this would you still be able to drift down and across
considering the short distances on your cast and the room you have to work with or are
you better off going with dry's or another technique?
Thanks again!
Mike
