Ryan,
On the Nooch we typically fish them from a boat, and that lets you fish a wider variety of water than you can from the bank, since your boat moves along with your float/jig. From shore, look for water on the slower side, or fish seams between fast and slower water. This is difficult sometimes because if you're trying to fish slower water on the opposite side of the river, the faster current close to you wants to drag your offering downstream too fast. That means you need a long rod to keep your line off the water, and you need to mend your line often to keep it from dragging on your float.
From a boat, fish them downstream of the boat, and use the boat to postiion the floats in the slot. You'll have to adjust your jig depth often, to keep the jig within a foot or so of the bottom. Steelhead will often move up to get a jig, but you shouldn't expect them to move too far.
Watch your float for anything funky. Some days, the fish will dunk a float instantly, some days you'll just see the float wobble a bit, in either case set the hook.
On the Nooch, both the old white bridge hole, the hole(s) at the 7400 put-in, and the hole(s) around the bend (downstream) from the Wishkah bridge are all good jig water. Give them a try, and good luck.
Fish on.........
[This message has been edited by Dan S. (edited 10-18-2000).]
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