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Tony O. and Casey gave me some good tips and background on the river before I went - def. key to do research and talk to some people who know whats going on. Heres a summary of my thoughts on pulaski after fishing it and doing pretty well there in the end.
1. There is a lot of junk info out there on steelhead fishing that river. Try to pick one style of fishing and focus on that until you start hammering fish. For me I focused on the noodle rod. All you need are some egg sacks, beads, a handful of different size and color nymphs in size 10-12. Def. test out the noodle rod to get a feel for how much pressure you can put on a fish and not break 5 lb test tippet - it suprised me. You can land fish to 15 pounds without moving from where you are standing except to land the fish onshore - thats how much pressure you can put on them.
2. Pick 2-3 small areas and try to learn them. A pool might be 500 ft long and only have a handful of sweetspots where you can readily trigger strikes. Keep changing it up, move a bit and try different weights and depths until you find a pattern. Watch what others are doing around you, there might be someone who is hooking up 10:1 and has a good handle on things.
3. I noticed the stlye fishing is identical to american shad fishing at times, if you have experience with that, you can do some serious damage there. Its very typical to trout fishing. Swinging and dead drifting are the basics. Play around with diff. presentations, be mindful of the 3-dimensional world underwater.
4. Come up with a game plan for each day and stick with it. You gotta figure day 1 you're just learning areas and depths and cant get too discouraged. Gameplan for day 2 is based on day 1, ect.
5. Dress warm!
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