Steelhead Series Products

CENTER PIN

Center pin rods & reels are not a new concept or technique, but they are new to today's angler. The theory behind the technique is a drag-free drift, whether you're fishing bait on the bottom or suspending bait or jigs beneath a float. The reels, extremely

E6X STEELHEAD Float

Float fishing for steelhead is not only very effective technique, but it's something even the entry-level angler can figure out quickly. It’s kind of like fishing for bluegill. You have to pay attention to the bobber and focus on maintaining a drag-free

E6X STEELHEAD HOTSHOT

1- and 2-piece boat rods designed with extra-fast tapers for fishing smaller Hot Shots, WeeWarts and other small deep-divers Powerful butt for positive hooksets with a light tip, allowing visual confirmation that the lures work properly E6X technology

E6X Steelhead Float

Our proprietary "fiber-blend" and E6X technology allow us to make these rods long, light, well-balanced and surprisingly sensitive! Actions vary from moderate to fast, depending on the model, with excellent mending qualities for natural, drag-free drifts!

FLOAT

Steelhead anglers on the tributary rivers and stream of the Great Lakes have been fishing with floats for a number of years. It's kind of like fishing for bluegill with a bobber and bait, but the current can be a lot swifter, the fish a lot bigger and

IMX BACKBOUNCE

A unique technique where fishing from a boat positioned at the head of a good run, you drop a bait rig to the bottom and slowly feed line out as you bounce it along the bottom, back toward the fish in the middle of their holding water. It forces them

IMX CENTERPIN

The theory behind the Center-Pin technique is a drag-free drift, whether you're fishing bait on the bottom or suspending bait or jigs beneath a float. The reels, extremely smooth single-action models, resemble fly reels and have clicker drag systems

IMX STEELHEAD DRIFT

Steelhead use holding water to rest as they leave the ocean or the Great Lakes and migrate up coastal streams and inland tributaries to spawn. It's usually just in front of a boulder where the current is soft or out of the main current in a slot where

IMX STEELHEAD SIDE DRIFT

Side-drifting is a very effective method for fishing bait, normally cured salmon or steelhead eggs or an artificial version of same, for steelhead or the smaller salmon species. The technique is simple enough... just position the boat at the top of

IMX TWITCH

Twitching marabou and feather jigs for Silver Salmon isn't a new technique, but it's certainly fun! Most anglers opt to use their normal steelhead rod for this technique, but as they master the technique, they realize it requires a specific rod action