The fish up here see lots of "bugs" as we call them,if you want to try something different not alot of guys up here use bent metal ,the same goes for jigs n floats .You might want to skip the whole bottom bouncing deal as people will think your trying to floss and burn you off.As of this post the river is in fine shape top to bottom,if you are hoping for a hatchery fish concentrate below vedder crossing,if you just want to catch steelies above the crossing is where i would check out.