And to add to these features, it can be fished in a number of different situations using various techniques. The color pink has long been a favorite among steelhead anglers, from yarn and drift bobber colors to dying eggs and sand shrimp a brilliant pink hue. Plastic worms can be fished just like any other type of bait. And that includes eggs, sand shrimp or prawns. Instead of mashing a glob of eggs on the hook, a worm is threaded onto the hook just like a sand shrimp.
Plastic worms are extremely effective when drifted, or bottom bounced.
They also can be rigged to be pulled behind a bait diver similar to a sand shrimp. And if float fishing is one of your favorite techniques, they work equally as well, too. On a recent trip, I was poking around one of the bait shops and found pre-packaged pink plastic worms hanging on a peg board display. If you use that as a barometer of being accepted in the steelhead angling fraternity, then pink plastic worms have hit the big time. What bass anglers have known for years, steelheaders are just discovering.