Tuesday Video Tip Trifecta: Tom’s Streamer Basics

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With winter fast approaching and bug activity mostly over in much of the country, there will be a lot of opportunities to fish streamers in the coming weeks. Knowing when to use these large subsurface patterns, as well as how to choose from the wide array of designs, can be baffling for those not accustomed to streamers.

So here are three videos that explain the whens, hows, and whats of fishing streamers. For more information on retrieves, check out this previous Tuesday Tip.


The Moto’s Minnow is one of Tom’s favorites.
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2 thoughts on “Tuesday Video Tip Trifecta: Tom’s Streamer Basics”

  1. Great vids! I love to swing streamers for rainbow trout over here on the Rogue River. Sometimes they hit as though they were 10x as big as they truly are! Too much fun!

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