I will be drifting a local river this weekend that is unseasonably low, near 300cfs, which means that the driftboat will be scraping in the riffles. The water is of course very clear....4-5 foot visibility. I typically use silver/blue wiggle warts (very limited experience, however) with rattles but given the conditions wondering if they (the rattles) are gonna scare the fins off of em. Any wisdom you plug pullers wish to share would be greatly appreciated.

Happy Holidays!!!!

jed

Should'nt. As you probaly know the rattling is used to perturbe the fish. What river are you fishin in?

I will be fishing the Umatilla River near Hermiston, familiar with it?

Have used plugs for summer run steelhead, in very clear water.......caught fish.....so go for it.....

"Worse day sport fishing, still better than the best day working"

I mostly plug fish in the boat and I almost never put something out that does not have a rattle, the exception being a flat fish.

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