Thats a sweet fly pattern. Now all I have to do is get a TYPE 6 sinktip to get that sucker deep in the ZONE of the Steelhead perimeter...

How do you fish/"rig" them? What size/type of hook, length of leader, etc.? Thanks!

I just cast 4 inch pink worms with the fly rod ,small spoons cast weell too.

Allright, gotta chime in on this one.....
I've fished the pinky exclusively for the last two years now. In my opinion, it outfishes bait, jigs, etc. 5 to 1 when presented properly. Why? I have no idea. But I noticed that many of you claim that the steelhead "clobber" the worm. Strange, I have found the opposite. When fishing eggs, sandshrimp, nightcrawlers, the bite is incredibly detectable. That short nibble, nibble, nibble. Out of hundreds of fish caught drifting the pink worm, I've found that it's more of a "sucking" sensation that is very subtle. Occasionally you'll get one that pounces it (especially big bucks) but for the most part it feels as though the fish just inhale it rather than bite on it like the feeling one encounters when bait fishing. I've hit countless steelhead that were hardly detectable (speaking of the bite) but my line started to tighten up ever so lightly and when I land the fish the worm is completely behind the tongue.... Anyway, it works....

uuuuummmmm, because it is pink, da

fishing pink worms started on the vedder/chilliwack river in the early 70's. The first worms made in the "right" color where produced by Creme. They then changed the color and guys would pour them at home. Shades of orange do work well at times, but the "best" color seems to be a system by system thing. In some waters a very pale pink works best and others a ddark bubblegum. On some days only certain colors work and I have seen this happen many times.

Fromcutts:

That looks to be a very interesting offering that the steelhead in your avitar image has in his teeth..:-)

Is that a metalic blue Vibrax with a pink worm trailer?

Mike

Yep. Size 3 with a 4" seducer a danglin....
Got a whole lot more pics from this winter with the same offering. DEADLY.... Actually, that's a silver in the avatar. They hit them with reckless abandon when dangling from a spinner. Steelhead do as well but not as ferociously as silvers....

I thought that fish looked a bit fat-headed to be a steelhead..:-)

Thanks for the tip...I'll give it a try asap.

Mike

Peter: You could also add a cone head to that to give it some weight, you'd just have to sumstitute the loop for a cut off hook shank. It would give the fly a great"jigging" motion.

Cutts: Do you use a trailing hook with the spinner?

Hasn't everyone at some point in time or another caught a steelie on a long piece of skein from eggs? It looks an aweful lot like a pink worm under water! I like slugos on a pink jig head under a float myself; you get that veracious bite, and a solid top jaw hookset almost every time.