I used a Colorado spinner, usually with a worm, a few times when I was a kid, and caught a few fish, but not many. It wasn't until I tried fly fishing that I began to catch many trout, other than a limit on opening day of lake season. At first I was attracted to what I thought was the poetry of fly fishing, but after observing the dramatic increase in my catch, I figured the reason fly fishing was so elite or high class was because it was the most effective. I never looked back and couldn't imagine fishing for trout other than with flies.

For some reason I expected the same thing to happen with steelhead, but it didn't.

Finally, I think I figured out that knowing how to fish was more important than the choice of gear type.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.