Allright, gotta chime in on this one.....
I've fished the pinky exclusively for the last two years now. In my opinion, it outfishes bait, jigs, etc. 5 to 1 when presented properly. Why? I have no idea. But I noticed that many of you claim that the steelhead "clobber" the worm. Strange, I have found the opposite. When fishing eggs, sandshrimp, nightcrawlers, the bite is incredibly detectable. That short nibble, nibble, nibble. Out of hundreds of fish caught drifting the pink worm, I've found that it's more of a "sucking" sensation that is very subtle. Occasionally you'll get one that pounces it (especially big bucks) but for the most part it feels as though the fish just inhale it rather than bite on it like the feeling one encounters when bait fishing. I've hit countless steelhead that were hardly detectable (speaking of the bite) but my line started to tighten up ever so lightly and when I land the fish the worm is completely behind the tongue.... Anyway, it works....