The Veiled Crystal Egg is one of the hottest flies for both the Pacific Coast salmon and steelhead and the Great Lake tributary salmon and steelhead
During the colder months, it becomes even more important to slow things down, so many anglers will use scent markers to add some color and attraction to the belly or tail of their drop-shot bait to supplement the slower dead-sticking action
The Department of Wildlife Resources encourages striped bass anglers to stop fishing after catching their two-fish limit in the months of June-September and occasionally during warm periods in October
To start with, the native trout in the Pacific is the rainbow trout, which are generally considered to be easier to catch than brown trout
While everything can look the same from above the surface, little edges, bottom make-up transitions and pieces of cover can make a very small area a key ambush zone and hold a congregation of feeding bass
Tight lines and take care, Ryan