Steelhead and Purple worms

[silverstreak]

Move over Pink there is a new steelhead worm color in the mix.

I love experimenting with new baits, colors etc.

Hit this slab of steel on a purple Riverworm in clear water earlier this week.

Also did well on this color last spring.

Should be a good weekend.

Keep warm!!!

[Bly]

Nice! Curious, were you using that worm with a jig? I usually see people "wacky" rigging them.

[silverstreak]

Hi Bly.

Good observation!!!

The key is to get your bait in the strike zone.

At least that is my opinion.

Take care.

[silverstreak]

Here is another from last spring.

[Leecher]

Great report and pics silverstreak

 

Good looking steel, congrats

Thanks for sharing

Leechman

[BillM]

Nice pics!!! Lets keep all the ice fishing threads at bay!

[okumasheffield]

Nice!

 

Just when I thought no one goes steeelheading anymore

since it has been pretty quiet for a while

 

What was the size of the jig you used?

 

I found even 1/32 is too heavy for me

[pikeie]

purple is one of my fav steelie colours when im flyfishn!

[jdmls]

Just when I thought no one goes steeelheading anymore

 

[Mark Kulik]

No surprise to me, purple is an amazing fish catcher, my favourite bow fly is the pple egg-sucking leech, bass-trout-walleye purple and pink always produces!

[BillM]

Mark, that is some niiiiiiice water in that shot!!!

[Mark Kulik]

It is Bill , I don't steelhead nearly as much as I used to, but I got out this past spring with my old freind Craig Ritchie, also filmed a steelhead show, I really miss it-hope to do some more this spring!

[Kinger]

Gonna grab some more different purple marabou feathers today. Nice fish, beauty colors.

[sconceptor]

Purple is a fanastic colour to use!!!!!!! I prefer it over pinkies.

 

After steel is done, I like it on my walleye trips. It's a colour walleye see better than most, especially in the dark or stained water. Lure's with just a touch of purple do well a lot of time. Read a few pros agree, purple is one of their fav colours. Rapala has a few colours with a touch of purple, Reef Runner, a walleye target bait company, also has a lot of purple(Eriedescent a fav). One of my only good days off a pier for salmon, I switched from the classic blue and silver cleo, to a glow green cleo, and finally to a purple black knock off cleo. The purple and black got nailed twice, with not success on the others.

 

Purple should be a colour in your box, right there with perch pattern, chartreuse, white, fire tiger, shad, black, and copper.