I haven't done too much streamer fishing up there, so it's all experimental. The only streamers I've thrown are small comets and wooly buggers/worms. They were both successful, but dead drifting worked better.
The only problem with dead drifting up there is that you lost hundreds of flies and weights, and you line tons of fish. I tied up about a dozen different bunny and marabou streamers, with at least two of each. I'm going to take my tying stuff and twist up a few of whatever works.
In the past, flesh flies and eggs have been best. The flesh fly is something you probably don't see much of in Erie, but with all the decaying salmon, the steel really key on the meat. I use white marabou and lamb's wool tied sucker spawn style for them.
The big green and pink comets are bruno's work. Thanks again B.
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I don't weight my eggs. Natural eggs are just on the dense side of neutrally bouyant, so I try to get down with shot and tuck casts.
Edit: Thought you were talking about lead. I'm cheap, so I use whatever hooks I have around. They are usually pretty fine, which I think helps to get a more natural drift.
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