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    A FULL QUIVER

    Nov 17, 2020 5 minutes
    By Scott Haugen

    A few years back, I was wrapping up a winter steelhead seminar when one of the audience members asked a good question. “Would you rather master one technique, or be good at several?”

    I replied without hesitation, just as I have when asked that question on multiple occasions before and since: Be good at several.

    I’ve been fishing for winter steel-head for more than 50 years and I’m a firm believer in tackle diversification. When I talk about “covering water,” I’m talking about fishing a single hole or stretch of water as thoroughly as I can, not hole-hopping and using just one or two techniques. Presenting fish with an assortment of offerings can be the difference between catching fish and not catching fish.

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