Sea-Mac

I like the clown pattern.

SHhush!

Gene, Ive been looking for these forever as well. If you come across a Clown deep diver and would like to make a buck let me know.

Dense colder water at the depths its getting down at @ 2.0 is what im thinking. Unless this study was done with the water temp. being all the same then i duno.

Offshore boards are $19.99 here

http://www.northwoodsoutlet.com/oscommerce/catalog/index.php?cPath=4_35&osCsid=ckmu50pdrqlqm460ubetb0leq2

and $21.99 here...

http://www.franksgreatoutdoors.com/fishing/trolling-gear/planer-boardsaccessories

When I last bought the or-16 clips for the rear for these it was $10 for two at Gander..so about $50 for a pair.

I forget if Z-boards also charged for shipping..something tells me they didnt duno havent looked that up. So that might make up any difference. All I know is I prefer Offshores with a rear or-16 clip myself.

That ALMOST sounds like the kind of ice fishing even I could get into. Id still need the satellite t.v. to seal the deal.

We played with them this past summer and after about 5 minutes of reeling it back in and re-deploying and screwing with it- they can shove that push pin release up their arse. We haven't retried them yet, and when trying to adjust the arm it seemed like the arm was pulling right off

Ditto... I will run my offshore boards before I run these and they are cheaper to boot.

Just wondering if it might be the oversized gas compartment thats causing your rivets to pop like with mine?. I know they ended up having to downsize the gas compt. and then installed bigger rivets..so far so good (knock on wood). I know what your going through is rough believe me. Good Luck

Dont have a picture handy but your "11" Double Pearl Fishscale Paddle" with just about any Fly is by me.

Jim, I like the fact that they are stamped out of SS and use some decent hooks. Are these available in more than one size?

Ya. Finally a spoon you dont need to swap the hooks on thats for sure.

Thats a great motto..Tho somtimes I find myself running a short core down the chute. I think as long you make it very clear to everyone on board that as soon as a fish goes on another rod someone has to hustle up and get that chute rod in and out of the way asap.

Put some shrimp on there;)

Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sautee it. There's, um, shrimp kebabs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple shrimp and lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich... That's, that's about it

Mike, Name it after me. Ya never forgot about the red bead and the bare hook did ya?

Nope I didnt forget. I dont know if it works or not, but I can tell you it sure doesnt hurt.

Cazzy is doin fine Frank. Still tearing up the wildlife. He invited me to go fishing with him today but unfortunatly I couldnt make it.

Have a DVD burner...$50 sounds doable. Thanks for info!

I could try looking this up on the web but thought i'd ask here first and see if anyone knows, seeing as how I notice some of you know how to post videos.

How do you go about getting VHS video onto a DVD?

Also once I have a DVD of my video how do you go about getting it onto your computer?

What is an estimated cost of getting this done?

Where do I go/ What do I need?

Never be afraid to cut against the grain. Ya may just stumble on something.

Like a Fly Crawler Harness?

For years we've had Coho Flys that catch Coho. Standard King Flys that catch Kings. Laker Spin and Wobble Glo thingy's that catch Lakers.

Now in 2011 Sea-Mac Steelhead Fly's...that will probably still mainly catch Coho, Kings, and Lakers.

Wutcha think?

I'll post a pic in the next day or so of some flys im gonna make up to experiment with this year in HOPES to be more of a "steelhead" series of flys.

Thinking I might have to make them around 3-31/2 inches for length, just a little larger than a coho fly yet shorter than a standard fly...

Appreciate all the help this far on getting me started.

Orange flies will not catch fish!

It screams Kings to me now...

Mike, Steel on flies is not against any rules. Don't tell anyone what we use over here for them. LMAO:lol:

They wouldnt believe us anyways.

And thanks for reminding me I need to give that a try over here!

Gona stick a glob of crawlers onto a treble with a fly. That should do it.

I knew there was a reason I bought all that Pink, Orange and yellow material. If it looks like it fell off the circus truck put it in the top 30 ft or so and haul butt

I also happen to grab alot of bright Orange,Pink, and Yellow UV colors to try this year and tied some up. I can say ive never run a Orange or Pink fly so im interested in how thats going to go. It screams steelhead to me. A Yellow mirage or No see um fly with yellow beads has caught a couple steelhead for me in the past...

Thanks for the info dyin to give it a try.

We get quite a few steelies on flashers and flies every year and on all presentations, riggers, divers, core/copper. Green stuff and mirage's always seem to work good, but they are incidental catches while targeting kings.

When we are actually targeting steelhead, it's usually strictly a spoon program and trolling fast. may have to put a F/F down this year when chasing steel as the ones we get on those rigs are usually big fish.

Tim

Same here on all accounts. Not to say I havent caught smaller ones on flys tho, it happens.

Its pretty easy to pick out a spoon,plug, or body bait and just know "this is going to catch a steelhead".

It gets alot harder with flys for me. Its allways a surprise, and I catch and see a fair share more on spoons than anything else.

Im gonna call you Butter cause your on a roll. Dandy Eyes Ken!

Last year I didnt see that many either but the year before we were running a glo aqua gold fly behind a 10 inch spin doctor green dolphin and it tore up steehead

Looking like a fly with some gold in it might be the ticket. Was this a standard size fly?

Most of the time your flies are probably to deep for steelhead.

I thought about that also, but im able to catch them on spoons deeper on riggers than my divers with flys and up to 15 colors of leadcore.....I just notice ALOT more caught on spoons,plugs, or body baits at any depth. Wondering if its a "me" thing or pretty much the same for everyone.

I can only remember seeing three steelhead caught on fly presentations last year and I dont hear about it happening often.

Any thoughts as to why this might be?

(only thing I can think of is maybe steelhead arent into "stealing" wounded baitfish and would rather chase/ hunt their food down)

Has anyone had better results with steelhead on fly's?

What size, color of fly, leader lenghts etc. have you found to work best for steelhead?