I can attest to the strategy Coley mention, because in several situations I have tried something similar with excellent results. This is particularly effective when sight fishing and there are visible fish because you are able to witness and determine the fish's behavior and response to your offering.

The method to my madness with flyfishing for steelhead (especially with summer run) is to employ the least intrusive method by starting with a dead drifted dry. If that doesn't work, adding some skating action is sometimes all that is needed to elicit a strike. When the fish are being particularly non-aggressive, swinging a LBSSF (Little black sub surface fly) right above them usually does the trick. If not, present that BBF (Big black fly) broadside and deep to piss 'em off. If you are able to see fish at this point and it sends them running for the hills, move on.


Good luck,


Matt
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