Rainycity, a popular baitdiver and the one they may be refering to is a mag Hot-n-Tot with the hooks removed and then painted black. To the belly eyelet attach a five foot leader. The bait is usually an egg cluster or sandshrimp topped off with a tiny spin-n-glo or birdie. Back it down like a plug, but wait until the rod wiggles, snaps down a few times and is buried before striking. This is where the problem lies, usually when the rod gets buried the fish has already swallowed the bait. But if you try and set earlier, you miss it many times. This method is deadly for both steelies and just about all the salmon species. Nate spawners love swallowing these presentations. Bob is just one of the many steelhead fishers, a few other guides included, that choose not to use baitdivers during the late-winter and early-spring when the native winter-runs are the predominant specie in the river.




[This message has been edited by Hohwaiian (edited 03-29-2000).]