![]() ![]() When fishing a blade in slower water I’ll add a little more tension and maybe include a slow retrieval to ensure the blade is spinning or getting some action. To clarify, if I’m fishing faster water, I won’t impart any action to the float and allow the current to spin the blade. Anyway, this tactic on a river is a common setup for Salmon, Steelhead or Trout as the moving water imparts most of the action on the blade. ![]() In fact, this short floating approach with a blade was the setup I had when I caught my first ever Steelhead! I’ll never forget it. A size 0 is approximately 5/8 long, and a larger blade size 8 is 2 (see. The blade should not be hitting the bottom but always drifting above (called “short floating”). Colorado blades come in a variety of sizes usually 0 to 8 (0 being the smallest size). I personally like to fish blades under a float in moving water or tide (usually a river). These blades can also act like an intruder in a fishes holding spot and I’ve seen them bite out of (what I believe was) strictly aggression. So this lure is likely to be more effective when there are more fry/smolts present in the water system. These Colorado blades have a flutter action to them and mimic a fry or smolt (minnow). Colorado Blades (“blades”) can be fished in a number of ways: drifted under a float, trolled, cast and retrieved, and likely many other ways that I’ve yet to try. ![]()
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