I have caught several fish using the sideplaner, but on much smaller rivers than the Sky (Pilchuck,Raging). I did try it several times on the Sky, but by the time I had the thing out to where I wanted to fish it down comes a sled and I would need to get the planer out of the way. A lot of effort to get to were the fish should be. The other problem is my normal steelhead rod never really worked well with it as you need a stiffer rod to get the planer to release.