Fishing Trip to Salmon, Idaho

Last Saturday a couple of friends invited me to go Steelhead fishing near Salmon, Idaho. I consider myself an amateur angler and not much more. Being from Idaho and having never gone Steelhead fishing it was a very easy decision for me to make. It was different than any kind of fishing than I have ever done.

We basically used only drift casting the entire day. That is where you rig up your line with some neon foam balls, add something shiny, tie on a feather and toss it in upstream. Then allow the setup to bounce along the bottom of the river all the way down until it reaches the 2 o'clock position. Expect snags. About 1 in 10 casts results in a snag and a complete retying of the entire setup. (This becomes a bit expensive)

We fished all day caught 6 Steelhead between the four of us. It was much more difficult than I thought. They kept saying they felt bites/nibbles al day and I couldn't tell the difference from a fish biting and the bait rolling on the bottom of the river. I was lucky to catch one fish though thanks to the help of my buddies who knew what they were doing.