jjs,

Using just marabou or shallapen feathers on a jig is productive. But also consider the bead bodied jigs. With a chrome (First Cast) or pink (Rainbow, Silent Approach, BeaMac) head, 2 or 3 egg colored beads, and a pink/white combo tail you have one of the most versatile and productive jigs there is - for both steelhead and salmon. As for blue colors, I need to start using them too. I watched Mark Anderson of First Cast Jigs land a bright 35 lb. chinook buck on a 1/4 oz. chrome headed jig with just bright blue shallapen feathers, with no shrimp tail or scent, in the Wilson river recently. It's the first one I've seen caught on the blue color, but I haven't been trying it either; so I am going to be now. And Mike is right about the effectiveness of the pink worm presented on a jighead hook!

RT