Scotty,
Maybe I'm wrong, but it sure has seemed anytime I use anything with nitrate in it the steelhead don't seem to like it as much, and they were winter fish I was fishing for. I'm not trying to say you can't catch a steelhead with nitrates, I'm just saying they don't prefer it.
Keith laugh
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It's time to put the red rubber nose away, clown seasons over.