I've taken several steelhead and a silver on hotshots fished from the bank like Cupo suggested. Key is to find a bend in the river where you can line up the plug with the drift downstream, or on a medium to small stream a gravel bar or island where you can position yourself. I've never taken a steelhead casting a plug, but have taken a couple springers while tossing Mag Warts at the mouth of Wind River.