Realize that Jed co-founded Pen-Tac. I'm not sure that talking down the #1 competitor made him an idiot? Besides, in deep, fast, cold water (ie most winter steelhead water), his statement is true.

The main flaw I find with the book is that he didn't fish much of the northwest before writing it. Most of his fishing experience was in the midwest, southern Willamette Valley, and central Oregon coast. The way fish respond to various spinners in other parts of the northwest is sometimes very different than what Jed wrote. The section on reading water for steelhead based on temperature is the best how-to-read-steelhead-water section I've read in any book. Regardless of how I fish, I still read water with "Jed's eyes".

Also, Jed is a PHD psychologist. This book coined the term "threshhold of attraction", which is the best explaination I've ever heard for why fish bite some lures and not others. I've seen Herzog himself reference the term as revolutionary in the world of steelhead fishing.

The book is a must-have for any serious hardware fisherman.

Realize that Jed co-founded Pen-Tac. I'm not sure that talking down the #1 competitor made him an idiot? Besides, in deep, fast, cold water (ie most winter steelhead water), his statement is true.

Also, Jed is a PHD psychologist. This book coined the term "threshhold of attraction", which is the best explanation I've ever heard for why fish bite some lures and not others. I've seen Herzog himself reference the term as revolutionary in the world of steelhead fishing.

The BF does make a cute little "ting" when the blade hits the bell, though and it does catch fish.

The "ting-a-ling-a-ling/sploosh-stripstripstrip-ting-a-ling-a-ling/sploosh" of a hot airborne summerrun might very well be the coolest thing I've ever experianced as a steelheader and fortunately I've experianced it 100's of times thanks to Blue Fox spinners. But those same Blue Fox spinners DO NOT SEE THE WATER during the winter months! Which is one reason why I love Joe's spinner design so much because I now have a viable winter run spinner to fish with!

Realize that Jed co-founded Pen-Tac. I'm not sure that talking down the #1 competitor made him an idiot? Besides, in deep, fast, cold water (ie most winter steelhead water), his statement is true.

The main flaw I find with the book is that he didn't fish much of the northwest before writing it. Most of his fishing experience was in the midwest, southern Willamette Valley, and central Oregon coast. The way fish respond to various spinners in other parts of the northwest is sometimes very different than what Jed wrote. The section on reading water for steelhead based on temperature is the best how-to-read-steelhead-water section I've read in any book. Regardless of how I fish, I still read water with "Jed's eyes".

Also, Jed is a PHD psychologist. This book coined the term "threshhold of attraction", which is the best explaination I've ever heard for why fish bite some lures and not others. I've seen Herzog himself reference the term as revolutionary in the world of steelhead fishing.

The book is a must-have for any serious hardware fisherman.

So 25 guys that I know are great fishermen like rvrfshr products and say they work well and are worth the price and some yokel with a hard-on for Todd has a thought on rvrfshr products. Who to believe?

I smoked coho on the pink hootchie, silver blade and the orange/ silver bl.

there will be plenty of "aha" nuggets too, however also seasoned equally with useless lumps of "huh?" coal.

It will all be lumps of coal. However, there are posters on this board that could place those lumps in their rectum and produce a diamond in a week or two.

Those sickle hooks look and sound wicked but I like a siwash gami any day,