{"id":252,"date":"2022-06-12T14:50:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T14:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/?p=252"},"modified":"2022-06-12T14:54:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T14:54:03","slug":"how-to-make-steelhead-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/2022\/06\/12\/how-to-make-steelhead-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make Steelhead Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Catching steelhead with a soft bead below a float is all the rage these days on Northwest rivers during the winter. Bobber-dogging beads is effective, and easy. But long before drifting beads was the go-to method for most guides, tossing a cluster of roe combined with a Puff Ball or Corky was the top method for catching steelhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I occasionally fish beads in my drift boat, I still prefer to rig up my side-drifting rods with a tiny combination of natural roe, yarn and a Corky or Fish Pill. There is something special about seeing that rod tip twitch as a steelhead snacks on the roe cluster, versus the hung-on-the-bottom pull down of a steelhead hooked with a bead. There are also many days when a steelhead will hit a gob of roe after it has passed up an a dozen beads speeding by in a popular spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2618-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2618-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2618-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Steelhead candy, ready to fish.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Years ago, I filmed a series of videos for Pautzke Bait Company on making steelhead candy, a sugar-infused roe cure that steelhead can&#8217;t resist. The natural roe cure remains my go-to bait for steelhead. This video is a decade old, but still full of useful information for beginning and experienced steelhead anglers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steelhead Candy - How to cure and fish steelhead roe using Pautzke&#039;s BorxOFire cure.\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cqAWCQz7jEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>How to make steelhead candy, roe curing tips<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For a hands-on lesson in side-drifting with roe for winter steelhead, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\">www.wildriversfishing.com <\/a>to book a guided drift boat trip with one of our local, year-round professional fishing guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2425-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2425-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2425-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Nice steelhead caught during the 2021-22 season on the Chetco with Capt. Andy using steelhead candy.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2588-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2588-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2588-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Cured eggs, ready to be bagged and put away until it&#8217;s time to fish.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2619-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2619-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_2619-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption><strong>A cluster of roe, yarn and Fish Pull, ready to catch steelhead.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catching steelhead with a soft bead below a float is all the rage these days on Northwest rivers during the winter. Bobber-dogging beads is effective, and easy. But long before drifting beads was the go-to method for most guides, tossing a cluster of roe combined with a Puff Ball or Corky was the top method &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/2022\/06\/12\/how-to-make-steelhead-candy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to make Steelhead Candy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51,10,62,71,73,69,70,72,21,11,22],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to make Steelhead Candy - Wild Rivers Fishing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wildriversfishing.com\/reports\/2022\/06\/12\/how-to-make-steelhead-candy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to make Steelhead Candy - Wild Rivers Fishing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Catching steelhead with a soft bead below a float is all the rage these days on Northwest rivers during the winter. 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