How to Centerpin for Steelhead // In-Depth Tutorial from a Salmon/Steelhead Fishing Guide
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Watch Kyle break down how to set up and use a centerpin rod and reel combination. Explained in the video is everything from spooling your reel to casting and landing the fish. If you have ever wanted to try fishing with a centerpin, watch this video first!
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you may already have done this one but id like to see how yall run skien sacks under a float!
How to read water would be great
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How to set up a soft bead setup on your centerpin :)
@@hondamx191 I feel when I first started fly fishing, I was a lot more deliberate , and put more thought into what I was doing. Now I just chuck buggers . I'm taking thing more serious this year.
Just bought my first centerpin. Can’t wait to get out this fall! Thanks for the explanation
Awesome video man!!! Learned a lot!
I've been centrepinning for a while, but I'm always interested in seeing other anglers' successes using their own techniques - bravo!
For sure! We always appreciate the opportunity to learn new tips and tricks
That was one of the best/most informative fishing videos I've ever watched...and I've seen a few over the years haha. Well done and good content.
Great explanations without distractions, I am a fly fisherman but I feel this type of fishing very interesting as well so I keep following your videos to learn more thanks, keep up the good work 👍
Thanks for sharing great video
Great job on the video. Thank you for taking time away from your fishing to put together an instructional video. I hope this gives other folks the confidence to give centerpin a shot. It’s a ton of fun. Thanks again!!
Thanks Brian! It’s definitely a fun way to catch steelhead 👍
Great video for setting up and fishing techniques
Loved the vid, Im gonna do some centerpinnin this year
Nice! Definitely a lot of fun
I’m gonna hold you to that Alex I better see some centerpinning videos thus winter!!!
I'm convinced I need to do it too.
Spectacular video, love the detail on center pinning. I have same Raven reel and rod set up but never used it because unfamiliar with how to center pin. So I just grab the spinning reel. I changed my mind now. Great tips!
Awesome! Hope you put it to good use now
Great video !! good information, crystal clear for a newby ! thank you.
Great video man. Super helpful, and great explanation!
Great video, thank you!
Very educational. Always enjoy your videos. Keep them coming......
Thanks Tim!
Great video thanks for posting this, been waiting for someone to do a video on how to spool the line on a centerpin. Nice chrome hen at the end as a bonus!
New subscriber here, just bought my first centerpin which is okuma raw 2 and sst 13’4 rod for a good deal!
What a beauty fish! Thanks for the video, I popped of so many coho this season.
I've never seen somebody better with their teeth and fishing tackle.
Very effective and useful thank you for the video
Awesome video!! You guys are the best🙂
Yup .. great tutorial. Good camera work as well. I'll be following and ... subscribed !
Another great video.
Excellent video!
Awesome thank you
Great video. Awesome content. I grew up running plugs in the Muskegon and grand. Center pin looks like so much fun. I just started back dropping plugs again on the grand in my Z21 nitro bass boat. 🤣🤣 I get a ton of crazy looks but it works well for trolling. Great content and maybe we will cross paths one day on the river!!
Thanks for the video. It really helped me understand the float and center pin set up. I'll be off to the Salmon River soon - with this knowledge in tow... Thanks again!!!
Glad it helped you out!
Nice job Capt Kyle! Maggie should pull together a collection of outtakes, just for the fun of it. “XXL Chrome Chasing, outtakes 2021”….gotta be 😂 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
That would be entertaining for sure lol!
Congrats on the addicted movie been watching your vids for time now always knew you would make it 👍
Thanks Don! We had a great time with them
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching, George!
Nice video, dope edits 🔥
Awesome content man!!!! 👏
Awesome vid you got me thinking center pin is the way to go
Great video as usual. I would like to see you do some back bouncing plugs. Some winter steel crushing some mag lips or hot & tots.👍👍👍👍
Great video very informative would love another one similar on what you look for to fish like a deep long run or just running over smaller holes looking for hits?
Great instructional video
Thanks Jonathon! Glad you enjoyed it.
Much thanks! 🇨🇦✌️
been float fishing for 10 years now wish you were around when I started, great video and will recommend to anyone getting in to the hobby
Thank you! Glad you found it useful 👍
18:02 best cast technique
Nice tutorial. I've been trying to figure out how to explain the positioning of the left hand for years, but "upside down L" is brilliant. I use a similar technique, but I sit the L up so that line runs over my thumb instead of my fingers. Thanks!
Brilliant from UK.
NICE ! and thx.
Thats absolutely great! Let me know your opinion about new Redband 45 bait-cast centerpin reel?
Hell yeah here from the addicted page. Good stuff, would love to come out 🎣
Thanks! Feel free to email any time for trip details.
Just do it already buddy. It’s 2022. Not a big deal. 99% of liberals have already come out 🌈
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Kyle can you talk about the pro's and con's of braid vs mono as mainline with regard to centerpin fishing? Besides regional climate considerations, just strictly for the aspect of fishing.
Surprising to see you guys pinning on the other side of the pond is it not that popular among anglers over there? I thought it was an old UK style of fishing great video by the way 👍🏻
Good to know on the lne size 👍 just wondering if the line floats nicely
Yes, the line floats nicely!
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Thanks for the tutorial 👍what length of rod would you recommend?
A good rod length for all-around is 11’6. For strictly small streams a 10’6 would be best and for larger river systems a 13’ is good.
Great video! You seem like the nicest guy. I would definitely hire you to take me fishing but too far
Thanks Sam! Glad you enjoyed it.
Try an FG knot for connecting mainline to backing. Kind of a pain to tie but you don't get the bump in the spool as the knot is super flexible. If/when you get put on the backing the knot slides ultra smooth through the guides as well.
Shaddddappppp😂
Greetings from the UK, really clear advice and that steelhead was a magnificent fish. In the UK we call the technique 'long trotting' and it works for a wide range of our freshwater fish. We normally run the line off the top of the reel and I don't know if anyone has ever tried a bead but otherwise the technique is very similar
Hi Julian, thanks for sharing. You should definitely try a bead!
The bead is a single egg imitation which the rainbows or salmon would feed on in America using fish roe is legal I think in the UK its illegal but you can correct me if I am rwrong.
4:10 Kyle shows you how to really work it on those solo trips
Congratulations beautiful fish. Random!
I watched a center-pin guy wading behind me catch 3 steelhead that completely ignored my Spey flies just a moment before. I bought a used center pin outfit that week and have had soooooo much fun actually catching steelhead in the PNW for the last 10 or 12 years…. Best way for steelhead and River Springers (Chinook in PNW). Great video-please track me down if you are ever in Oregon…. We’ll take a good trip…
Definitely an awesome way to fish for steelhead 👍
Excellent video. I just moved to Idaho and planning on branching out my fishing from Cuts to Steelhead. Seems one setup around here is to use 30lb. mono for these fish.. Do you think this rod/reel setup and your recommendations will work for these waters as well? I like the Centerpin idea technique.. Gives me something to watch as well... Thanks Again- Great info!
Nice video. What do you do when you want to shorten your length from bobber to bead and you have a split shot in the way? Can you remove these split shot easily? Do they have the ears on them? Didn't look like it. Great video man.
Awesome video! Do you need to use a shot line or can you just put a split shot or two on your leader? I'm just curious because with that shot line, it looks like a expensive rig to lose if it breaks off.
Hi Kyle, I'm sending fishing greetings from the Czech Republic. I start fishing with a centrepin reel. Can I fish from the river bank? I don't have a boat. I like the simple technique and the 1:1 conversion is fun. Thanks, Libor
Great video! What boat and motor are you running? Tight lines!
I used to troll the St Joe river with crank baits, man I miss Michigan steelhead!
Can you use braided line as your main line?
Kyle have you evervseen BER float reel ?
For that thing I'm gonna use same thing that I used for rainbow trout. But with maxima 12lbs running line and maxima 8lbs for the leader.😁👍
I want to go please
Hey quick question, what does the bead do above the hook? Many thanks
Looks awesome - ive been interested in pin rods for a while now but what's with the electrical tape for the reel? Is this normal for pin set ups?
Awesome Video! Very nice explanation on Centerpin setup techniques! What kind of Pliers do You use? Do You ever fish Lake Erie Buffalo Ny Tributaries? I live in Buffalo and We have Lake Erie and Lake Ontario Tributaries here.
I don’t have a specific brand of pliers I recommend but I think the ones in this video are KVD pliers. I have fished in and around Buffalo before! It’s a great area
I don't have a center pen rods but I have Noodles rods four of them
Beli centerpin dmna sih?
😍😍😍
I noticed towards the end of the video you had latex gloves on. Is that that to minimize scent transfer from bait or wear and tear on your hands?
How much of my mainline should I be stretching out?
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Reason for using braid as backing instead of mono?
What are your thoughts on crimping shot with your pliers but cutting line with your teeth?
Got em
You should use pliers for everything but old habits die hard
@@AdventureChasing thought that was funny. I use my teeth for everything except braid ofc lol
I'm pissed, as a kid for the longest time I had a rod that felt like a fly rod but without a fly rod handle. And at the time centerpins were not as popular as they are today, but now Im positive it was a centerpin and I'm pissed I don't have it anymore. There's a rod on the bloodrun site that's a four piece, 10.5 3 weight/ultralight rod you can use for spinning or pins. It's just that despite using almost strictly ultralight gear most of my life and it being perfect for drifting crayfish for smallmouth like I love, I just wish it were light action like my favorite walleye rod and my current steelhead rod
“Wild”
isn't braid better for mainline because it floats...as opposed to mono that sinks? and also mono won't twist.
Where did you get your set up
Hey bud, how do get to book a trip with ya?
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What’s the difference in using removable splitshot vs. non removable, apart from the obvious?
I find that the ears on the split shot cause more tangles and line twist. Just personal preference to use the shot with no ears!
4:30
I'm a fly fisher. I have been fly fishing most of my life. I'm 55 years young 😂 I'm new to centerping and I have learned tons from your how to videos great job on explaining on your how to videos. Keep up the great job on the videos. God bless from ontario canada
Line twists with that side casting. Nice tutorial though.
dude your teeth are razors i can’t bite line to save my life😂 great video man
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Where can I get a rad like that
Kyle are you Raven pro staff?
I've seen quite a few people go straight from braid to a leader. Is that not recommended?
I am having a problem where my line is wrapping around the outside of my reel at the end of the cast
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Hardest part of pin fishing for me is the cast. I can never seem to get my timing right.
My pin fall off from that slide rod how can fixed it need help thank you
Have you tried taping it like we show in the video? If you get it really snug and tape it tightly, you shouldn’t have issues of it sliding out. The electrical tape is easy to remove as well if you want to change things up.
@@AdventureChasing thank you so much
Is 6ft about the average length for the shot line every time you fish, all rivers? Do you always use a shot line?
6 feet is about the average length. You could go longer and or shorter depending on the average depth of the holes in the river you are fishing. I use a shot line any time I am fishing deep holes with consistent current. I use bulk shot when fishing rapidy/broken water.
Thanks!@@AdventureChasing would you say that if you don't use a shot line your hookup/fish landed percentages would go down? I typically don't use a shot line, just curious if it helps with % of fish hooked/landed.
Great informational video amigo! What knot do you recommend for your hook?
I just use a clinch knot
So your the guy who bought that line tool. Why does the reel last longer with braid?
He popped off cuz you set the hook like Kevin van dam 😂
Just lost my third steelhead on my center pin😅 all because I keep forgetting to let the darn fish run😂😂😂
Lol looked like u ate the bead peg
Fishing line should be reeled in water so that it fits well in the reel and does not have electrostatics.