COLD CHROME
Steelhead expert shares his secrets for centrepin, bottom bouncing and lure techniques
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#2 LOCATION
Until the river starts to cool down, you’ll find the fish in fast water such as riffles and rapids. As the water temperature cools, the fish drop back into the bigger holes and stay there. “You start out fishing relatively shallow, and as the winter progresses, you start to go deeper,” Redin says. “The fish sit anywhere there’s a little more depth, feeding on invertebrates, crustaceans and minnows.”