Bait for steelheading.
Plug cut herring and Buzz Bombs for salmon.
Trout....I don't bother with. Sorry, but a trout is a trout.
I like the feel of a fish on a fly rod, but I don't like the reel. It's like trying to ride a tricycle as an adult. But.....The Hubster outfished me 5 to 1 for bonefish using flies to my spinners and rubber crawdaddies. So....I will fly fish tropical waters with flies from now on.

If salmon return again like they did last summer, I'll try flinging flies at them. Love my Sage. But I really hate those reels.

diana