| It is easier to discuss the times and places where jigs | | | | become deadly. In conditions most of us find |
| do not work well than it is to list all the times they | | | | ourselves fishing, the two to ten foot deep-water |
| will work. The steelhead jig relies mainly on color and | | | | jigs work extremely well. Moreover, in a current that |
| action to trigger a strike. Therefore, you can expect | | | | is moving at two to four knots the jig will prove to |
| them to perform poorly in low visibility water. When | | | | be irresistible to steelhead. As your float bounces |
| the visibility is less than two feet it is time to switch | | | | along in the wavy surface of the water, the jig |
| to some other type of lure or bait. For similar reasons | | | | mirrors that action right in the heart of the |
| jigs do not work well in the fast pockets of water in | | | | steelhead's den. Few steelhead can resist a brightly |
| the rivers. In almost every other steelheading water, | | | | colored bit of marabou or rabbit fur that dips and |
| jigs will prove to be deadly. | | | | swoops through their living room. Tip your jig with a |
| Jigs come into their own in slow moving or still water. | | | | small piece of shrimp or worm and it is a snack that |
| Which in my opinion is some of the hardest spots to | | | | they find hard to refuse. |
| fish for a steelhead with the conventional drifting | | | | I will not go steelhead fishing without the equipment I |
| techniques? With the wiggle of marabou or rabbit fur | | | | need to setup for jig fishing. It has proven itself to |
| combined with a small dab of bait or scent, jigs are | | | | me repeatedly. Jig fishing is also a great way to start |
| deadly. Jigs are the most effective steelhead lure you | | | | someone out steelhead fishing if they have never |
| can use in slow or still water. | | | | been steelhead fishing before. You set them up with |
| Jigs also work well in moderate to fast currents as | | | | a jig show them where they need to drift and tell |
| long as the water has good visibility. In clear water, | | | | them that when the float goes under they need to |
| nothing beats tiny jigs. When tipped with a single egg, | | | | set the hook. |
| a piece of earthworm, or a piece of shrimp they | | | | |