I found your lures

[C_Run]

Generally, I lose more than I find. Usually it's the generic blue fox or and Aerojig here and there. I did find some different things way up the Siletz this year and last year. I only made it up there twice this year and got embarrassed by some big winter steelhead both times ending up skunked but did find these.



I was scratching my head on this one since I'm sure you are only allowed to fish for trout and steelhead at this location. The only thing I could conclude was that Colby Pearson was headed north on I-5 to some tournament and took a left turn instead of a right.



A spoon with a big treble. No big deal until you flip it over.



Apparently whoever lost this one saw fit to melt a bunch of solder in the back to make it a extra heavy. Was that one yours?



Kodiak #5. Never heard of it but I guess it's legit.

I'm still making my own spoons this year.



I've been leaving them all over river bottoms around the coast like a signature so , if you find one, you know I've been by.

 

[Yogidabear]

I use to have a couple of unisaws

 

[TTFishon]

I'd bet money that the Kodiak #5 was made by an OFF forum member with the screen name Kodiak. lol

 

[alm21]

How are your custom spoons working out? I've always wanted to catch a fish on spoon-spoon.

 

[C_Run]

Yogi- I love my saw but it doesn't get much use any more. It paid for itself with all the remodeling I've done on the house over the years.

How are your custom spoons working out? I've always wanted to catch a fish on spoon-spoon.

They work fine. I did not get to do very much steelheading this past winter, 2 for 5 overall, but three were hooked on home made spoons. I lost two real brutes on them up the Siletz and that was not the fault of the spoons but rather bad luck and operator error. I bought up about 50 at thrift stores and really scored when tomriker gave me a box of spoon heads left over from his grandma's crafting. She makes cool artwork out of the handles. I was able to give her my handles so everything is getting used. So , I've got a long term supply of materials now. I'd say that they are more like a Steelie than a cleo. They work well in slow water but are hard to get down in fast deep water. There is a lot of variation in the shapes and weights so each one is a bit different. I have been using the teaspoon sized ones with a 2/0 siwash for steelheading but I always manage to get trout on them, too. The box I got from tomriker has a lot of different shapes and sizes I have not tried yet. It's interesting. I've probably lost 15-20 now mostly on the Alsea and Siletz. They are less than $1 to make.

 

[bass]

Nice pics C-Run. I used those gold colored rebel jointed minnows when I was growing up. I may still have one hidden in a box somewhere. I caught a ton of bass on that thing.