Now this is my kind of topic. I mainly fish a Colorado under a float with shot as the weight. The best blades are the gibbs'nortac real gold finished blades.I like the hammered ones. They are pricey as hell($5.50 cdn for 2), but are killer. I've had a five fish day on the Vedder this year on blades. Make sure to change the hooks cause the ones they come with are'nt as sharp as a 2/0 gammy. The funny thing about blades is that most strikes you get are at the top of your drift...you would think that the blade would fish best downstream with the blades spinning, but most of my hits are above me or directly across. This method is also killer for coho in that slack water they dig so much. As for drifting guts, i like to short drift in slow deep water and tap bottom in faster slots.