12-23-2010, 09:08 PM
I've spent plenty of time in Hells Canyon from Hellar Bar all the way up to the Dam. I'm assuming that you were fishing the area below the dam. One of the perks about fishing below the dam is the fish tend to be kegged up this time of year in the slower water and on the current seams. The water is cold and the fish are somewhat lethargic, fish the water that looks like it will take the least amount of effort for a fish to hold in. Drift fishing here is not impossible but its one snaggy mistress from the bank. Float and jigs will shine here! Good jig colors are white head black body, white head red/black body, straight black, red head black body, pink head black body, anyways see the trend here? Black flat out produces fish! Secondly if you are using the great big tower of power high vis two story bobber I guarantee you are missing fish! I use the tiniest dink floats I can get away with in this section and many times the fish dont even pull them under there is just a slight dip or bob when the fish takes. Lastly get there early because once they jack up the flows around dinner time this time of year the bite is all but dead!
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