| When fishing for trout there are a few tips and | | | | your advantage can dramatically increase the |
| techniques that should be viewed as essential. | | | | amount of bites you receive. There are free |
| These simple trout fishing tips and techniques are | | | | resources all over the place that you can learn, |
| simple and easy to employ, and with a little | | | | and I would suggest you invest a few hours to |
| practice, you'll wonder how you ever fished for | | | | educate yourself. If you're fishing at certain times, |
| trout without them. Remember trout fishing isn't | | | | when certain natural occurrences are taking place, |
| rocket science, although to be truly successful | | | | your catch rate can be incredible or non existent, |
| you do need to do a little more than just toss a | | | | all because of the weather and/or moon. |
| night crawler into the water. Anyone can catch | | | | - Being Efficient - the more efficient that you can |
| small inexperienced trout, but these tips and | | | | become as an angler, the more fish that you will |
| techniques will help you catch more experienced | | | | catch. This is especially true with trout fishing, |
| and thus larger trout. I primarily fish for trout in | | | | when you're wading a river. Employing equipment |
| the flowing waters of rivers and streams, so | | | | like a bait bag or retractors are great ways to |
| that's what I'm going to focus on in this article. | | | | become more efficient. You see, the more |
| - Natural Presentation - whatever type of bait | | | | efficient you become, the more time that is spent |
| that your using, it needs to be presented in the | | | | with your line in the water, where the fish are. |
| most natural way possible. How is this | | | | Anything that you can do to help you spend |
| accomplished? Well, if you're a bait fisherman, | | | | more time with your line in the water, you should |
| using gang hooks is the best way and if you're a | | | | consider doing. Many anglers don't realize how |
| lure fisherman making sure that light line and no | | | | much more efficient they could be by just adding |
| snap swivels are used is a great technique. You | | | | a few things to their repertoire. |
| see, snap swivels ruin the action on any lure they | | | | These simple tips/techniques will help you become |
| are used on, so you get less bites. Always tie you | | | | a much more effective trouyt angler. They are |
| line directly to whatever lure you happen to be | | | | essential for one simple fact. As the reverend |
| using. The bottom line is that snap swivels ruin the | | | | McLain states in my favorite movie of all time, A |
| natural presentation of almost any lure. Tie your | | | | River Runs Through It, "Anyone who does not |
| line directly to whatever type of bait or hook (s) | | | | know how to catch a fish should not be able to |
| you happen to be using. If a swivel is needed to | | | | disgrace that fish by catching it". To me, that |
| prevent line twist, use a barrel swivel. | | | | quote sums it up. We all need to have enough |
| - The Weather & Moon - many anglers don't use | | | | respect for our quarry that we hone our skills and |
| the weather and moon to their advantage like | | | | educate ourselves as to the most effective |
| they should. This is not only true in trout fishing, | | | | fishing methods. We don't need to disgrace the |
| but all fishing. Using the weather and moon to | | | | trout we're trying to catch. |