nEwBe1
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Little Cleo's
What size is best for steelhead fishing at the mouths if the creeks with little cleo's? 1/3oz or 2/5oz sizes?
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spoonchucker
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/09/26 14:58:32
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Either size, there is only a 1/15 difference. I prefer a little lighter, 1/4 ounce. A lighter spoon, allows you to keep the lure up in the water column with a slower retrieve. I usually like a slower retrieve in stained water, and low light. A bit faster, on clear sunny conditions. Spoon type also plays a part. Crocs, tend to stay "up" better on a slow retrieve than do Cleos, or KO's.
post edited by spoonchucker - 2007/09/26 15:00:35
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/09/26 17:05:57
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4 oz. size # 2 treble.. that should hook something... I've never seen a steelhead "landed" with a spoon in it's mouth .. onlyt advantage you have is that you can chuck it 30 yards further into the lake than the egg sac users.. 
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/09/26 17:13:33
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Then you obviously have not used them much, or seen them used on the lakefront. I've landed many hundreds, and only ONE was hooked anywhere other than in the mouth.
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/09/26 22:14:06
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Spoon, he must be from NY, ha ha!
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/09/26 22:34:32
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LOL, no they prefer a 1/2 pound of lead (I guess it's tin and sometimes spark plugs now) and orange pieces of foam/sponge, or for the fly fishers.... carpet. Much cheaper than spoons.
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/09/26 22:42:28
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Salmon river yankee flys.
Cast fly, let drift, YANKEE fly. Cast fly, let drift, YANKEE fly.
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/09/27 08:05:37
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I agree with spoon. I like the small of the two. Bigger one for more visibility and better vibration, smaller one for clear water.
10 pts.. friend of mine just can't seem to grasp the idea that a trout will hit a spoon either. Too funny.
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/09/27 10:06:55
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Eat what you catch,troll for cows.
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/09/27 11:41:38
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listen 10pt or should we call YOU newbi, we CREAM steelies on spoons all season. are you sure your not fishing forks?
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/09/27 14:53:13
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Don't give me that evil eye steeliesniper  (hahaha) no seriously I'm from Pa not NY. I had a bad experience with a few guys chucking spoons at Trout Run and pumping thire rods on every lit bump.. No offense to those successful Cleo's users...
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/10/22 12:08:22
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/10/22 19:01:55
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I have seen a steelhead caught on a spoon at trout run on one of the 2 times I was there. Steelhead sure do hit spoons, they eat A WHOLE BUNCH of minnow in the lake. Pike also eat mostly all minnows thats why they eat spoons so willingly. 
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/10/23 08:19:48
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I have used cleo's and had very good luck catching steelies on them.. I have casted or trolled them behind my canoe and have found 1/4 in silver and green or silver and blue are the takers.. Never foul hooked one using a cleo.. They hit hard and are usually hooked solid...
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RE: Little Cleo's
2007/10/23 10:29:10
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