Thanks for that video! What type of rope are you using for that 55" string rope? And what do you use for piggin string? I use bailing twine but Ive heard some people say no to bailing twine and only use manilla. What do you do? Thanks!

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Thanks for taking the time to make this video! Much appreciated.

Did you ever end up catching any wolves in em?

Your video was very informative. Thank you for sharing! Love that huge funnel! Where can I get one, please and thank you? 🙏

Was this in unit 58 or 29 by chance

We rule!

Thank you great video….

Great job! That was very helpful! Thank you for sharing my friend!

Hands down the best. I use these for my trout, steelhead and salmon leaders.

100% correct. Great video. 👍

Is it best to hobble at the cannon or at the pastern in your experience?

Thanks

Good Morning! I haven't seen that for fishing, but I've "whiped" rope with that knot.

Great information! Thanks for the lesson. In fly tying, that loop tool is called a bobbin threader. Thinking about it, a fly-tying bobbin could make tying your bobber knots a mite easier. Your bobber knot would come in handy fishing minnows down deep for Crappie while using a rod/reel set-up. I prefer a cane pole for that but, that is a nostalgic thing for me. Think I'll add some of your bobber knots to my fishing box. Thanks again.

It's a wonderful site thank you

LOL @ Jump in the back of the truck

He's a wolf!! Runnn!!!! He will eat you!!! 😂

Good Morning! Neat! Horn hunting time soon....

My neighbor gave me some elk shank a couple weeks ago so I made your stew recipe and took over half of the stew to share with them. I finally saw him again today and he handed me another shank and asked me if I wanted to do it again. 😂. Thank you for sharing. It was amazing and I am looking forward to round 2.

What is your jig brand/type? Or, did you pour your own lead on a particular type of hook?

Ha! Ain't that the truth!? I call the Forest Service fire fighters Dandelion's those green pants and yellow shirts sure look like 'em!

By the time your done with all that I'm tagged out

Very neat! Spring shedding maybe and itchy? I'm glad to be seeing some elk. I haven't seen many bills out our way though, mostly cows.

Very neat!

Kind of a surprise they are dropping already. I saw a pretty good bull up Carmen Creek a week of two ago. Nice bunch of bulls.

Have you had any issue with the leaders retaining the coiled shape? I’ve considered making something similar by using a pool noodle and running my leaders lengthwise to help mitigate that possibility. However, my design would be a bit cumbersome. I like the relatively small footprint of your method.

I’ve often thought about making my own bobbers/floats by turning some material on my little wood lathe. I’ve considered using EVA foam, cork, balsa wood etc. I have no idea however, to determine how much material will hold how much weight so I haven’t progressed my idea beyond my initial thought process. Is there some formula or table that is generally used for bobber/float size to terminal tackle weight? I’m guessing I’ll just need to go with the ol’ trial and error method?

With this setup your weight amount will be static. Do you match a certain weight to a certain bobber? (My son and I are new to steelhead fishing and are trying to learn the proper methods)

Sometimes setting depth isn't so straight forward...especially if you're fishing a larger river system that slopes sharply from the bank (like the Lower Niagara, for example). Then you have river systems that have a lot of terrain variation on the bottom...can go from 6-8 ft to 2-3 ft in no time running along the same current seam...rocks, swells, etc. Then there's the tail-out which often shallows up toward the end of a typical "hole." Always err on the side of fishing deeper...if most the hole is 7 ft, but it shallows up rapidly in spots, it's best just to fish 5-6 ft down and avoid snags as best as possible. Either way great video with clear explanation that should help a lot newbies get the idea of how to set depth properly. Wish I would've found this one when I first started float fishing for steelhead!

Curious about the sink of the inline weight vs a bead or splitshot. Will the beads sink past the depth of the splitshot above them? And do you adjust the size of your splitshot for faster current? Thanks

That was very well explained my friend! Thank you for sharing!

Great idea buddy! Thank you for sharing!

Like the videos so far, looking forward to the bobber knot video!

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Good Morning! Is this year's run any good? I haven't seen a lot of fishermen. My Cousin in Missoula was thinking about coming down to fish. I haven't been in years.....kinda got ruined in Alaska!

Thanks for the info!

Go gittum! Luck!

Good idea and good luck. The great State of Idaho.

It's kind of surprising they do as well as they do in the winter with all of their food under the snow like that. Good to see a few elk around.

Animals have it made. Warm clothes Summer and Winter without going broke buying them.

I wonder how often those collars get hung up on stuff? I saw a cow elk not too long ago with one on too.

As fast as fish are, it's kind of amazing they can catch them so easy. I saw an otter not too long ago, but he didn't stick around for a picture. Went under the ice and never came up.

I missed a couple of these....catching up!

Thank you sir for sharing that. I really like the way you build those steelhead bobbers! I can't wait to experiment with building my own. Those are exactly the straws I was trying to find.

Great video Dave! You surprise me with the stuff you do! I'm glad to hear that you like making your own gear also.....I thought I was the only "weirdo" in these parts! Haw!

Great video sir. I moved to the mountains recently and your vids have saved me some money and time seeing as my dad never taught me nothing.. cheers!

Thats very cool! Thank you for sharing my friend!

Thanks for the info!

This is great! I love that bobber. I recently got back into bobbering for stealheading. I grew up fishing the Clearwater. However, I am rather discouraged with the slip bobbers that are available now. I can't find the old school parts where you used to be able to select the size, shape, and color of the different floats you wanted and then build the bobber on those black tubes. Well, I found the different float shapes that I want online but can not find those long tubes any where. Where did you get your tubes? I would love to see you do a video on how you make those bobbers. I like the shape of that one! It is a little different then I used to do them.