Summer Steelhead Line

[Brat Bonker]

So normally for leaders I just use 6lb fluorocarbon and tie a bumper to my main line but this past weekend it wasn't quite working right and I fish a lot of small rivers during the summer and can't use swivels or bobber wts so the fish don't get spooked. So I was thinking of spooling on 6lb mainline to avoid everything but I don't want to waste a bunch of fluorocarbon to do that but the only thing I have is 6lb Ande in that ultra green kind of stuff, would that ande or maxima stuff work or can the fish see it? This is just for bobber and jig fishing.

[BlakeP]

I always use Maxima UG 6lb for leaders, and 8lb for mainline, and it works fine for me. I've never used Fluoro, but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference from what I've seen.

[natetreat]

Izor line, 6 pound. The one with all the xxx's in the name. Or you can run 8 pound main, but blood knot on your leader to avoid the swivel and run seaguar fluoro in 6 pound.

[chongo469]

On the Wallace in really clear low conditions, I use a 6 lb flouro blood knotted to 8 lb main... I also use a large cheater pinned in place instead of traditional float. I buy them in dark colors and then color them up more in brown or green ... place toothpick in the top to pin it ( paint orange to give yourself just a bit of visual ).....

[Steelheadin360]

I use 10 pound ultra green leaders all the time. Steelhead arent very line shy and 6# flouro wont hold most cartwheeling summers. Use the smallest size cleardrift and paint it the top black, then add a corkie on top for visual. Try sizing down your presentation, some times I get a little crazy and drop down to crappie sized jigs or even small size "glo bugs" The biggest thing to remember, if you can see the fish, they can see you. Blend into to the cover and stay back from the water, cast far upriver from the fish

[Brat Bonker]

I use 10 pound ultra green leaders all the time. Steelhead arent very line shy and 6# flouro wont hold most cartwheeling summers. Use the smallest size cleardrift and paint it the top black, then add a corkie on top for visual. Try sizing down your presentation, some times I get a little crazy and drop down to crappie sized jigs or even small size "glo bugs" The biggest thing to remember, if you can see the fish, they can see you. Blend into to the cover and stay back from the water, cast far upriver from the fish

thanks guy for the line tips, I decided to put 6lb ande as my mainline and just run it straight to the jig for smaller river, that ande is some tough stuff, might run some 4lb if I can find it. and yeah 6lb fluoro can stop a cart wheeling summer just have to have a very light drag haha.
yeah I have been using cork floats and occasionally floats you can fill with water then top a corky on it. I have friends that do the cheater things, seems popular on the skookumchuck. does anyone know where to find cleardrift-like floats that are fixed

[c_saeteurn]

the thing with flourocarbon is that you can use a heavier line because its virtually invisible underwater. unlike regular mono.

[OFFDAAHOOK]

bonker i always use this line50# have 10# dia for everything from trout to shalmons catches them all and they dont escape