Centerpin fishing, also called float fishing or center pin fishing, is a
fishing technique
Fishing techniques are methods for catching fish. The term may also be applied to methods for catching other aquatic animals such as molluscs (shellfish, squid, octopus) and edible marine invertebrates.
Fishing techniques include hand-gathering ...
which uses a centerpin
rod, a
centerpin reel, and
Roe
Roe, ( ) or hard roe, is the fully ripe internal egg masses in the ovaries, or the released external egg masses, of fish and certain marine animals such as shrimp, scallop, sea urchins and squid. As a seafood, roe is used both as a cooking, c ...
, or an
artificial fly
An artificial fly or fly lure is a type of fishing lure, usually used in the sport of fly fishing (although they may also be used in other forms of angling). In general, artificial flies are an imitation of aquatic insects that are natural food of ...
. The method is used for
steelhead
Steelhead, or occasionally steelhead trout, is the Fish migration#Classification, anadromous form of the coastal rainbow trout or Columbia River redband trout (''O. m. gairdneri'', also called redband steelhead). Steelhead are native to cold-wa ...
fishing in
fresh water
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salt (chemistry), salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include ...
, and is currently popular with freshwater
salmon
Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native ...
anglers who drift floats downstream.
References
* Gross WH (2008)
Steelhead & Salmon: Use the Secrets of the Pros to Catch More and Bigger Fish' Lyons Press Series.
* McClane AJ and Gardner K (1987
''The Complete book of fishing: a guide to freshwater, saltwater & big-game''Page 12. Gallery Books.
External links
''Woods N Water News'', March 1, 2008.
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