Two more things...

It seems like color isn't a major factor, although I have always read that it sure helps. I was just kinda wondering if green compared to orange makes a big difference in different times of the season. In Jed's book, on a river in Oregon, green worked early in the season and orange in the later season. I didn't know if others have noticed this, or does it really matter?

The other question is about slots. I am positive about the difference between seems and slots, but don't know a lot about slots. I have always been told that steelhead will lay in the faster water, but where exactly will they hold in a slot? I thought the main current in the slot was to strong for the fish to hold. Wouldn't the fish hold in the mini-tailouts before the slot, or right at the seems, the obstruction creates? When should I fish these and with what? Spoons, because the water is to fast for any other tactic?

Matt