Here we go again:

1. Been fishing summerrun steelhead since 1980.....1st 10 years was 100% sandshimp, prawns, spinners or plugs. I caught many fish, basically cause not many people fished the river I fish.

2. About 1989-90, I started carrying 2 rods to the river...1 for bait and 1 rigged for jigs. I always fished bait 1st cause like many on here, that was all I knew.

One morning, there were 5 of the regulars, guys that fish about everyday, fishing the same drift.....cast, drift, cast, drift...etc., couple of hours like that, nobody had anything. So I asked if they mind if I tryed a jig.....response was go ahead......now the only jigs I had I that time were some "bucktail jigs from Cabelas", 3/8 oz. and "ugly looking". The hole we were fishing was about 4-5 feet deep, so I picked a depth of about 3 foot, whipped that bobber and jig out there....went about 6 feet....bobber down.....about crapped my pants......got fish, then on the 3rd cast, got another....that started my jig fishing.

I still carried 2 rods for about 5 years........Now its 100 % jigs and 99.9% "naked", no bait......

Retired since 1997....3 years in a row fished every morning June 1 to September 15......all jigs......now use 13' 3-piece Lamiglas and its fun.

Don't tie my own, just have the luck to have a friend that has his own web site and ties some "fish catchers for me". Together we have learned 10,000 % about beaded, marabou, schlappen.....big jigs to 1/32 oz., botton line.......YA DON'T NEED BAIT, most of the time!!!!!!!!!