Just wait till steelhead season kicks in...out come the roe flies...
Hahahah Dave is pretty much right on this one...
Last winter season I only took the gear rod out twice and swung spoons the rest of the time.
I used the roe flies mainly for summers this year on flows where I couldn't swing spoons. I'll bust em out in tamihi water too.
But hey, I'm still on the artificial side of things. Would be kind of cool to get up a tally of artificials (flies/spoons/unscented plastics) vs bait (natural and scented plastics).