Fishall - Welcome. My early experiences with salmon and steelhead are from the Great Lakes. I've fished most of the major rivers from Lake Ontario, to the eastern shore of Lake Michigan and throughout the U.P. I sorta miss some of those rivers, particularly the Big Two Hearted River on the Lake Superior shore.

Since you're a spoon maker, be sure to pick up a copy of Salmon/Trout/Steelhead and read Bill Herzog's column on spoons. He provides a great tip on a copper/silver plated spoon that is supposed to be dynamite on salmon.

I'm looking for both a silver plated spoon and a copper spoon in 1/4 ounce so I can build what he recommends. But no luck yet. If anyone knows where to get either or both, please post it!