Salmon Rigging: Dick Nite River Drift Fishing Setup
How to Setup a Dick Nite Drift Fishing Rig
Drift fishing with a Dick Nite Spoon is a top producing setup on several local rivers for Coho and Pink Salmon. This is a staple technique on many of our best salmon rivers, like the Skagit River, Skykomish River, Snohomish River and Green River. It will undoubtedly work well in many situations elsewhere too!
The trick is to cast straight across or slightly upriver of your position, allow yourself to feel the sinker tap bottom, and slowly retrieve line so your setup crawls downriver and across the bottom. If you do it right, the Dick Nite will give the perfect flutter that causes Coho and Pink Salmon to snap at it. It's a perfect technique when more traditional lures and techniques are too much for wary salmon.
Dick Nite Drift Rig Gear List
We have all the gear you need to rig this setup correctly. You can click on each link below to get to the product page. Also, check out our Freshwater Salmon Page for all of our river fishing tackle!
- Dick Nite Spoon
- P-Line CFX Fluorocarbon Leader Strength: 8 to 12 pound, Length: 30" to 60"
- Rolling Barrel Swivels Size 10 to 7. One is sliding on mainline, one ties together mainline and leader.
- Round Plastic Bead 4mm
- Maxima Ultragreen Leader 8 to 10 pound as an 8" to 12" dropper
- Cannonball Sinker 3/8 to 1 ounces depending on river current and depth
- P-Line CX Premium Hi Vis Line 10 to 15 pound