question

[fisf crazy]

i have been catching steelhead most of my life and i know they can be very picky in what they eat and i understand the spawn thing the nightcrawler,stoneflies ect.,ect, just never took the time to figure out what they think a wax worm resembles i caught fish on them for many years is there some time of bug it resembles or what. just kinda curious as to what people think or know i know they have been liking them lately on just a plain hook

[Dave Mull]

I think they just see it as food that's easy to see. It looks segmented, wiggles a little and I bet it smells good.

[Rascal Trophy Fishing]

Either way it's cheaper than spoons and flies these days by far, keep up the experiments.

[pulpfishin]

2 weeks ago I was on the Kalamazoo river and I drug up some bottom, in the form of a rock. The crevices of that rock were filled with small larvae that resembled a small wax worm in shape and size. Only thew larvae were darker colored. I'm sure that a more experienced river fisherman could tell you exactly what larvae they were. We did not have a hookup that day, but the weather sure was nice!

[steely74]

I think they like maggots/waxies because maggots may form on rotten salmon on the shore and get sent into the steelhead's feeding lane. Gotta love waxies in the winter much cleaner than spawn

[willfishforfood]

Cocktail Shrimp under a float works very well sometimes

[wigeon]

pulpfishin - those are caddis larvae. And yes, steelhead do eat those.