rseas
6/11/2010 7:14:00 AMHey Matt congratulations, you've got the Sky metal dialed in! When your fishing the high water with a float, what is your set-up? I have had good success fishing a float/jig combo on smaller water but the bigger heavier flows intimidate my float/jig. So, not to offend...I usually fall back to drift fishing.
Matt
6/11/2010 7:47:00 AMrseas, I run either a slip bobber with a bobber stop and 1/0 hook with a cheater weight over it and run the stop down to about 6" off the bottom, or so that the hook hits bottom about 2 times through the drift. OR I run a Gibbs style dink float like the one you see up in the tree. They are a set float so a little different to use. I run that with a 1/8-1/4oz bullet weight and bead below it then a snap swivel, 14" of leader, then the cheater weight/yarn/hook and bait then do the same thing, fish it about 6" off the bottom. The slip bobber is best for deep water over about 8-10feet the Gibbs is good for water up to 5 Feet but not deeper than that as the leader gets way to long. Hope this helps, PM me for more info.
kzoo
6/11/2010 8:22:00 AMVery nice! I need to get out there one of these days. I'm afraid if I go I'll get the steelhead fever!