Shaggy,

I've yet to catch my first silver on a Dick Nite. However I have hooked a lot of silvers on Steelie/Half Fast spoons. I basically fish them the same as a corkie rig. Cast across and then feel the spoon tap the bottom. If it stops pull up tight. The fish will usually hook themselves when you pull up tight. If it's the bottom and you are using a siwash hook it'll usually pull itself free and continue along the bottom.

For the Dick Nite's I tried them with no success last weekend on the Sky. I'm thinking the water was too slow and clear for the way I was fishing them. I don't know. We saw plenty of fish just never got one interested in hitting. Of course nothing else worked either so who knows! I'm going to head home a little early today and hit the Snoqualmie in Fall City and see if I can tempt anything under the bridge for an hour or so.