What are your favorite,type, color and size of jigs and your favorite float.

Mine are all marabou and chenille body w/marabou tail.

Pinks,fl fuchsia,pinkw/purple,pinkw/white and Orange w/crystal flash at times for colored water.

Solid black,maroon(wine) for clear water.

I have been tying my jigs on 1/8 oz jig heads w/ eagle claw 630 size #2 hooks.

For floats I have been using the Steelhead stalker on my spinning rod and weighted foam BeuMac on my casting rod.

This works for me in stained water conditions for steelhead.

1. Thill Rivermaster #2 and 1/8 ounce Beau Mac SMJ#2 cerise jig.

2. Smallest dink flaot that I can cast enough wieght to sit right and 1/8 ounce Aero Jig - pink and white

This is pretty much the set up I use.

Dave & JF, when targeting brats, do you tip them with prawn? Or run them without?

Beezer

I just run it bare. I've tipped them a couple times but it didn't seem to make any difference. Hell, one of the times I used prawns I got skunked. I just stick with bare hooks.

I usually fish homemade jigs, although there are lots of nice ones out there such as David's at Aerojig or those from Northwest Angler

Floats ... West Coast style all the way, now available under generic (Danielson). LOve the material and shape. Fat top ends are the pits!!

I started using First Cast Jigs and really like them. My favorite floats are the Pike Floats I get up in Canada.

The West Coast floats are my second favorite currently. The only reason I like the Thill float (pictured above) better is it handles much better in the wind. Last year, when using the WC float on windy days, the float would be surfing across the river. Because of the material and shape, the wind was simply able to get a hold of it better. Because the Thill is more of a dome shape and is a hard, solid surface, the wind blows around it and doesn't push it.