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[younggun]

Is it just me or are all your steelhead takes soft? So far every steelhead that i've hooked and the ones i haven't felt have been super subtle. Even ont he colorado yesterday it was the littlest downward pressure, my body out of reaction struck and he was there for a second. Even on the worm i dont usually get a hard tug. What have u guys experienced? My way to describe a steely strike is just that u feel some extra weight on ur line!

[Fish Assassin]

Most of my strikes have been what you described. The float slowly goes down as if it was getting hung up by a snag.

[Blue Heron]

I agree, all my takes this season have been lite. Last season in about late March April most off the takes were hard.
I miss those times when the Steely's just hammered my drift. Isn't that one of the things that makes steelheading so
exciting? 

[TrophyHunter]

all mine have been ripping the float under water like lightning

Same here

I am hungry
TR

[mastercaster]

I usually find the faster the drift the more vicious the strike.  The fish usually have to make their mind up pretty fast that they want it so the take is harder.  In larger systems, in lakier slower water, sometimes the float just stalls and doesn't go under at all or just barely dips.  When you see this you should strike like you mean it because it maybe a suttle bite.  I've seen guys just lift their rod thinking it may be bottom and spend the next ten minutes cursing because they just rolled a fish they could have had on.

[Boozi]

Mine have been pretty heavy strikes

[Sterling C]

I've had strikes where the only indication is a slight hesitation by my float. I've also had fish chase my bait on the retrieve all the way to my feet. So really it varies.

[got fish]

I've had strikes where the only indication is a slight hesitation by my float. I've also had fish chase my bait on the retrieve all the way to my feet. So really it varies.

what biff said

[Xgolfman]

Whether this relates or not...I've heard big bucks tend to come up, take and settle back down so the takes are often very subtle  and are most often lost, Does tend to take and go back to their spot, more hook ups side of mouth and more obvious as well

Of course this is from a book where my limited knowledge is based...

[younggun]

Yesterday i was fishing a run with a lot of chop! And with a fast paced current, and i was drifting a silver colorado through it and all i saw was the float twich no tug on the line, the float just wiggled a little, so i struck and for a second i had a fish on the other end. My most "vicious" strikes have just been when the float slips under, really slow. all the others have been little movements, or i've felt something wrong with the line. Except for one fish on the capilano that just hammered my roe, he hit so hard the floats splashed on the way under, i was fishing for early coho. I guess its because of where i fish for my steelies. Usually its the upper vedder, which means they've seen alot of gear on a very high pressured system.

Oh and i find that smaller fish strike way harder than bigger ones.

[younggun]

was the kid wearing a black touque and green vest, hip waders, and fishing with a silver abu? if so yes, oh i'm not little!  thanks! i'm 5 6" 158lbs
 

[bbronswyk2000]

was the kid wearing a black touque and green vest? if so yes, oh i'm not little!  thanks! i'm 5 6" 158lbs
 

5'6 is little

[cohoslayer1]

you  have hooked a steely WOW!1111

[younggun]

freak were u the guy fence posting in camo?

[younggun]

nope!