Choosing Steelhead Gear.

Winter steelhead, salmon, gigantic trout in gigantic streams, and even striped bass, are all prey that regularly need the application of the' wet-fly swing'. The wet fly swing is most frequently used with streamers, like the Woolly Bugger or Muddler Minnow and often wet flies, like soft hackles or sprites. It is employed whenever the fly fisher wants his show to seem to be swimming openly in the present. Most fly fishing anglers will use the wet fly swing with a sinking tip line. Steelheaders and salmon anglers will be using eight or above, and it is going on down for the other game fish. And the answer varies with each situation.

However let's attempt to get a generic answer so everybody can at least get started in this rewarding side of fly fishing.

There that is the end of it, excepting one thing. A 7 weight, in my view is a perfect all around steelhead rod, that might work for any steelhead conditions. With nine and a half commended, particularly for weights over seven. Some anglers like to impart action on their display with their rod tip, but if fishing in current the action is frequently done all on its own. When the fly has reached the end of its swing. Slowing down the complete casting stroke will be needed, and permit the back cast to absolutely extend. But with a little practice, distance can be seriously improved permitting the fly fisher to reach water, unreachable by using other fly fishing strategies. The wet fly swing is superb for extending the season of fly fishing. Cameron Larsen is a retired commericial fly tier and fly fishing guide. The above article will appear in the Gigantic Y Fly Fishing E-Zine at fishing stories .