Do any of you fish for Pacific Northwest Steelhead with Bamboo rods? If so, what rods and line do you prefer?
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Bamboo Rod for Steelhead
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Posts: 1 03/13/2009 12:51 |
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Posts: 486 03/13/2009 13:33 |
Do a search on this site for "steelhead". You will find a ton of info has already been posted.
Jeff Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! |
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Posts: 2 03/13/2009 13:35 |
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Posts: 1342 03/13/2009 13:46 |
I do . . .
I had Mike Brooks make me a rod. Its 8.5' Hollow Built and I know it will handle Salmon up to 35lb. I have a repaired shoulder and can cast it all day. Its the rod on the right. Mike lives in Oregon and had a fine rod design for that very purpose. I use a 7 & 8 wt line on this rod. 
Alan
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Posts: 3 03/13/2009 14:12 |
I picked up a Granger Special 9660 recently and was planning on using it with 7 wt.
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Posts: 1958 03/14/2009 10:54 Registered User |
Although not as large as sea run Steelhead, the fish in the Great Lakes tribs are a real blast on a Leonard 40991/2 or a Payne Canadian Canoe, or derivations
thereof. Both are 8 1/2' 6/7 weight rods, and I have had absolutely no problems with them on Steelhead.
I have also used both rods on Chinook that run up to 35lbs, and they fight those larger fish well. The problem was, for me anyway, when the fish is close in and you either try to net or grab the fish to release it. At that point, the rod has a lot of pressure on it due to the weight of the fish plus the struggling, and I have gotten a set in a rod doing this. After having this happen, and straightening the set, to avoid it happening again I began beaching the fish, and that solved the problem. The fish seemed to react the same way with either method-they just swam away and resumed their spawning chase. gofish |
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Posts: 256 03/14/2009 17:12 |
I fish the lake Erie tribs with my Pickard 867 and a Peach WF7 line. It's modeled after Paul Young's Texan. It's a brute of a rod and can handle
Erie Pa's largest and toughest steelhead......I won't use if for salmon as I am not interested in turning it into kindling.
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west coast steelheader |
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Posts: 11 03/17/2009 01:25 |
My rods of choice are: Granger Deluxe 9053 7wt-summer runs
E.C. Powell 9.5ft hollow 8wt-summer and winter runs This is the best steelhead rod I have ever casts! Can handle a long line. Orvis shooting star 9wt-winters. deep fast water,heavy sink tips |
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Posts: 3786 03/17/2009 03:35 Local user |
Lets not forget Winston hollowbuilt 8'6"-9' 4 3/4oz. to 5 1/4 oz. 2/2.
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Posts: 150 03/18/2009 12:03 |
I fish an Orvis Shooting Star, 9ft, 8wt for salmon & steelhead in Washington State. It may be a little overkill, but it's a fun rod to fish. The only
place I've fished it where I thought it was really needed was in the Kenai. To be sure, there is room in my stable for a 7wt for local fish.
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Posts: 725 03/18/2009 12:56 |
I`ve found that the steelhead on the deschutes are handled well with my dickerson 8014 clone. most fish are 5-10 lbs though
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Posts: 2332 03/18/2009 16:15 Admin |
I've used an old 10-wt vom Hofe 9 1/2' cane rod for both Steelhead & Salmon. Caught a 28-lb Salmon last year using the rod. No challenge, although
a few guides watching were amazed. "He caught that on bamboo! Look! On bamboo!" I tried to explain that cane rods were used for 70-years when Salmon
were REALLY big!
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