These wernt my first steelies on the fly rod just my first Washington steelies on the fly rod. I caught a bunch of wild ones up in Alaska a couple months ago. Used the same Tech down here and it paid off. Im fishing different than most people do Floating line 9' tappered leader and a couple #7 split shot about 3 feet above an egg patern to get it down. Works good but some people would argue that it really isnt fly fishing.