looking for help steelhead fishing in early september

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The method is a standard slip-bobber setup with a double egglooped size four owner or gamagatzu hook with the entire small to medium sized coon shrimp (brined) hooked in the crook of the tail through the top egg loop. The egg loops are about 2" apart and I use a tiny bit of flame yarn in the top egg loop. I prefer drifting above the train bridge and fishing 20ft. The drift is so slow you almost cannot tell you are moving and takes 15 minutes to go about 3-8ths a mile. These fish are hot and will not ever leave the bait tell it is gone. Unbelievable. In the confluence itself most anchor up and nearly all use the two pole permit. Can be over 100 boats in the two mile area but the people are the friendliest I have ever encountered. The really good fishermen catch three or four times as many as the anchor guys as they generally use a lanyard guided (handheld) controlled electric trolling moter and stay in the hot areas when the fish are on the bite and usually fish alone. Two poles will literally catch twice the fish and won't work as well with a lot of guys in the boat if you are drifting. It helps to have the feelers on the shrimp and they degrade easily. The loculs use some convoluted bobber setups which I don't think are necessary. Camp cabin and home there in Lewiston will help you out with decent but not the best shrimp and are very helpful.
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