What To Do Under a Bob
February 18th, 2008
Article brought to you by H3LLCAT
**Heller’s are 5 for 7 in the last month so far on Bobs…who’s yer daddie**
With the recent flurry of fish being taken on unlikely crud under a bobber (I’m as jazzed as goofy pink worms as can be), I’m curious what else a Steelhead will bite. I mean, seriously, should we try jigs n’ pigs tipped with a pork rind? Or how about a Carolina Rig with a plastic Craw?
It is highly probable that there are many other artificial baits that, when drifted under a bobber, become enticing for Steelhead to violently strike against. For example, I have fished along side Sal Monid when he has drowned a make shift Colorado Spinner wedding ring imposter on many occasions. I have flipped him an uncountable amount of brown stinky substance about his choice to fish that method, as well.
Well, after much heckling, and ultimately, getting heckled upon myself, Sal Monid has finally convinced me to begin making my very own goofy-ars spinner under a bobber rig.
As if watching him hook five fish on the White Salmon five years ago wasn’t enough: It took several more years of fish being taken on this method for me to finally break down and admit IT IS DEADLY.
So deadly in fact, that Sal was able to land a fish that pushed the 20# mark yesterday, on said riggin. Sal, I’m going to clue in a few of our compadres on why I think you do so well on that contraption (because it is a contraption):
1) The spinner shaft is literally your leader, with your Colorado blade on the line itself….this allows the Colorado spinner to flutter and wiggle, versus just spinning.
2) By only attaching weights on the leader (split shot) the spinner is able to bounce off of rocks and obstacles without dragging too much. This creates the natural “hop………..hop……….hop……….” type of bottom contact that you look for when Steelheading.
3) And finally, using a dink or cylindrical bobber allows you to swing the spinner on the end of your casts (like a fly being quartered) without the bobber causing a wake (like my natural round corks do).
Try one yourself, it could save your day or even your season….good fishin’
H3LLCAT