The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

Anyone ever swing for steelhead on the lower sac? I was thinking about Balls Ferry to Barge Hole and bringing the spey rod to cast and swing. Maybe even chuck some intruders and big tubes. PM me or just post it... I know they are in there... just wondering if anyone wants to shortne the learning curve a bit

Thxs

Flyfishz

i say any chance to break out the 2 hander is a good thing. over the past 10 years or so, i have swung a little here and there on the river (both with one handers and two handers) but never hooked a steelhead (on that river with that method). i find that they're just too spread out - but again, my experience targeting steelhead (without yarn) on that river has been pretty limited. i have, however, had some good success swinging for trout there. i've used my sage 6126 with an intermediate head and targeted areas where i knew fish were actively feeding (below redds, some of the high percentage runs, etc.) i find swinging to be a nice break from the monotony of watching the indicator float down stream, and i'll take the tug on the swing over pretty much any other take out there...

probably didn't help that much with your learning curve, but that's all i got...

have fun!

I bought an 8126 earlier this year to swing for steelhead, mainly on Oregon Rivers. My luck has been so/so, but I enjoy the fishing. I would like to keep up with it down here. I haven't tried it on the Lower Sac, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. Based on what I heard it seems to be more popular on the American for steelhead from Jan-Mar.