#169495 - 12/19/02 08:26 PM
All around corkies?
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Spawner
Registered: 01/07/02
Posts: 919
Loc: Everett,Wa
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What's your favorite color and size,for " average " steelhead conditions?
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#169496 - 12/20/02 12:02 AM
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 03/06/99
Posts: 1231
Loc: Western Washington
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Surprised this topic has had a single reply yet!! ...guess it got lost in the board's massive traffic! I fish mainly size 12's or double size 14's...favorite colors include rocket red, flame, flo. orange and straight pink.
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#169497 - 12/20/02 12:21 AM
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 10/08/01
Posts: 1147
Loc: Out there, somewhere
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Pearl pink, in the size that is about 5/16 inch. Smaller than big and bigger than small. Sometimes I use the flame orange ones with the fish scales.
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#169498 - 12/20/02 12:43 AM
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 12/24/01
Posts: 1877
Loc: Kingston, WA
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For Steelhead:
If I could only have one color, hands down it would be pearl pink. If I could have two colors, I would back the pearl pink up with flame red, for a contrast and for lower vis water. If I could have three colors I would go with an orange type because I have seen a few times when they will key on orange and no other color (usually just on the heels of a good chum run). After that what ever floats your bait.
My motto: When in doubt Think Pink!
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#169499 - 12/20/02 08:17 PM
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Smolt
Registered: 03/25/01
Posts: 77
Loc: richland
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chartruse(sp.) And black or with black dots or light orange small enough to fit inbetwean the point of the hook and the shank any bigger interfears with hook ups I use a #2 most of the time
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#169500 - 12/20/02 09:48 PM
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Returning Adult
Registered: 12/08/00
Posts: 261
Loc: Lakewood, WA
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Size..probably the 12, sometimes followed by the the 12 with 14 near the hook ( I think it makes it look "buggy")
Color, most like pink, Ive always been partial to orange for winter steel. Also love the clown pattern and black with the glitter.
RL
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#169501 - 12/20/02 09:51 PM
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Juvenille at Sea
Registered: 12/30/01
Posts: 111
Loc: goldbar,wa
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chartreuse with black spots
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#169502 - 12/20/02 11:52 PM
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Smolt
Registered: 10/07/02
Posts: 89
Loc: cloud 9
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sorry all, just have to ask the stoopid question of the day... when attaching the yarn, the object is to contrast the colors right? I'm pretty sure thats the way to do it...but what is a good contrast for chartruse? just wonderin since I picked up some of the chat/black spot ones but never used em because I'm not sure what to fish em with...I just thought they looked like they'd catch a fish...feel free to
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#169503 - 12/21/02 12:32 AM
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Eyed Egg
Registered: 09/15/02
Posts: 9
Loc: Tacoma
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Only sparkling orange for all water. Too much a variety takes away your confidence. I've never been to a hole where they hit on one color. Size up for murky water. Orange yarn as small as the hook dia. and 1/2 in. long.
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#169504 - 12/21/02 01:31 AM
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Spawner
Registered: 01/07/02
Posts: 919
Loc: Everett,Wa
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most of the one's I use are pink,on occasion,I'll use some orange. I think the size's I use most are 10's or 12's.
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#169505 - 12/21/02 01:05 PM
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Dazed and Confused
Registered: 03/05/99
Posts: 6367
Loc: Forks, WA & Soldotna, AK
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What a reversal in my life It used to be the chartreuse clown corky (yellow with pink dots) ... Now, it's the pink clown corky (pink with yellow dots). At least my colors stayed the same! PS, size 10
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#169506 - 12/21/02 03:55 PM
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Juvenille at Sea
Registered: 01/16/00
Posts: 170
Loc: Washougal
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#10 pink pearl !!,I also really like the orange and green glow-go's,when I heard they quit makeing them I went out and bought every one I could find.I'm not sure wht the size is but its def. not the big the body is about the size of a #10 corkie or maybe a tad bit bigger if anyone knows where some of these are PLEASE let me know.Thanks Bob
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#169507 - 12/21/02 04:04 PM
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Returning Adult
Registered: 11/20/01
Posts: 391
Loc: Auburn
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peach,pink and red all good goto colors
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#169508 - 12/21/02 04:20 PM
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 02/28/02
Posts: 1189
Loc: Marine Area 13
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Back in the gear chuckin' days it was size 10 Pearl Pink with light pink yarn and just little orange to accent...
Downriggin'
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#169509 - 12/22/02 10:23 AM
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Juvenille at Sea
Registered: 04/09/01
Posts: 138
Loc: Duvall, Wa.
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Pink and white, white and pink, changing the shades for the water conditions.
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#169510 - 12/22/02 10:53 PM
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Spawner
Registered: 12/26/99
Posts: 745
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Peach Pink Red yellow clown sometimes it doesnt matter
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#169511 - 12/23/02 11:18 AM
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River Nutrients
Registered: 10/04/01
Posts: 3563
Loc: Gold Bar
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Only having one color corky is like trying to eat only one potato chip, I just can't do it.
I need at least two
Pearl Pink for winter is one of my favs
Purple just flat out rocks in the summer
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