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BEAD Fishing For Steelhead, EVERYTHING You Need To Know! (101 & Advanced Tips)

Posted March 05, 2024

Across the range of bead-fishing Steelheaders, you'll find a variety of rigging styles, colors and sizes that people use to catch fish. There are now so many types of hard and soft beads available, that you may feel overwhelmed if you're new to it. If you're already experienced in fishing beads, you may still find some tidbits in this video to consider, as it goes quite into depth on the technique itself, beyond basics. Jordan goes through the rigging in full, from your float and bobber-stop selection, to the leader, hook and even how to rig a double-bead setup, which...

Spinner Fishing for Trout (The Complete Guide)

Posted February 27, 2024

Fishing for Trout with Spinners is a really effective way to cover lots of water and entice aggressive fish. When they are fished correctly, right size, right colors/finishes and proper line, they can get Cutthroat & Rainbow Trout to move many feet to intercept the spinning blade. Brown Trout & Bull Trout also are voracious spinner biters! This video is a complete breakdown from Jordan on how to fish these ultra-popular lures for Trout. There are many famous brands out there, some examples of spinner types would be Blue Fox Vibrax, Rooster Tail, Panther Martin & Buds Spinner. They have...

How to Set-Up and Fish For Trout (Video Tutorial) EVERYTHING You Need to Know!

Posted January 17, 2024

Trout of many sizes are caught on many different fishing rigs, and everything from good ol' PowerBait to a hand-tied fly on a light line are all fun experiences. In this video - there is a focus on a few key tactics to fish for trout, whether they be Rainbows, Cutthroat or Brown Trout. This video covers float fishing, spoon and spinner casting...bait fishing and more. If you're looking to fish for Trout and know they are there, try a few of these rigs and see if you dial in one of them that works the best! "Today, we're teaching...

The ULTIMATE Guide to Curing Eggs (Roe) for Salmon & Steelhead

Posted December 13, 2023

Curing Salmon Eggs as fishing bait is a time-tested, ultimate technique for catching Salmon, Trout and Steelhead. You don't need Salmon eggs specifically, you can also cure Steelhead and Trout eggs. But often Chinook, Coho, Sockeye, Pink and Chum Salmon eggs are the most popular eggs for bait. In this video, Cameron Black explains the processes, best practices and what not to do on egg curing. Addicted Fishing offers the "Assassin Blend" by Pro Cure, which is a consistently effective egg cure, with an option for Salmon ("Hot Cure") and one for Steelhead ("Sweet Cure") although there are many cases...

The Most ETHICAL Way to Kill A Fish (Salmon, Steelhead, Trout) w/ Jordan Knigge

Posted March 02, 2023

Some fish are meant to be released, while others are destined for harvest. Whichever situation you find yourself in, make sure that you are within regulation guidelines and take into account the sustainability of the species. Addicted Fishing has always been all about conservation, as well as harvest opportunities for anglers when it is appropriate and condoned by regulations. Because of this, anglers should understand the best ways to ethically end the life of the fish they intend to harvest. Often, the subject of our harvest are salmon, trout and steelhead. These fish species all have a similar method of...

Pink Worm & Diver Setup

Posted November 07, 2014

We all know how deadly the pink worm is on Steelhead when fished under a float or drifted, but have you ever tried them on a diver? In this video, Shaun will describe how he rigs pink worms on a diver to fish for winter & summer steelhead.We fish Mad River Steelhead Worms all over the Pacific Northwest for big aggressive steelhead! Subscribe to us on Youtube for more tutorials!