Similar to my smallie flies that act a little like a jerk bait with a nice pause once it kicks. These will give me that action. All of my winters I've gotten in the strip have come from deep slow pools that you can't swing or nymph. I've honestly rarely employed the technique outside of that. Just changing things up a bit for my own satisfaction because I get bored to death swinging and sometimes tire of nymphing (even though I move through runs pretty quickly with that). Besides, actively fishing streamers is fun. Lots of fun!@clarkman what kind of action are you looking for in a steelhead stripper?
I have caught a few on the strip, most of them I felt on the swing and hang down. I stripped back at about the pace the fly was swinging when they were pulling on it. I have had them eat on strip 4 of a fairly quick, but actively fished retrieve from hang down. And I have toyed with a few with erratic short strips and pauses until they ate.
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