| One of the most challenging fishing you can take | | | | Jigs are used in deeper waters. They are fun to |
| up is freshwater trout. It is also the most | | | | use and give a lot of enjoyment. The best way |
| enjoyable. This kind of fishing never gets boring. A | | | | to fish with a jig, is with a long pole. The further |
| big part of trout fishing is the lures. Below are the | | | | you get the jig from yourself the more |
| four most common lures you will find in any sport | | | | comfortable trout will be around its potential meal. |
| fishing or sporting goods store. | | | | If the trout can see you, it may ignore the jig. |
| Trout Flies | | | | You want to make the jig look like it's wounded. |
| Flies are one of the most popular trout lures. | | | | Attach some weight to the line and send it off. |
| They cover a large range of insects in every | | | | When the jig hits the bottom, it will bounce a few |
| stage of development. Depending on the kind of | | | | times. Once at the bottom, pull up on the line hard |
| environment you fish, you will need specific flies. | | | | to cause the jig to jump up. An insect that looks |
| Read up on the kind of flies to make sure the | | | | crippled will try its best to move toward the |
| trout will take your hook. For most trout | | | | surface of the water. Coming to the surface in a |
| fishermen the two most popular are dry flies and | | | | jerking motion is the kind of lure trout will go |
| wet flies. Nymphs are great for slower, shallow | | | | after. Make the jig mimic a wounded insect and |
| waters with occasional knee-deep patches and | | | | you may find a nice size trout on your hook. |
| streamers are for the bigger mouth trout. | | | | Trout Bait |
| Early Spring Trout Spinners | | | | There are fishermen that don't use anything else |
| Trout spinners come in all shapes and sizes. The | | | | but trout bait. Live bait like night crawlers are one |
| right spinner depends on the waters you fish. A | | | | of the most popular. Bait powder, cheese and |
| spinner tries to mimic the flash made by the | | | | others are available. If you stop by a sporting |
| creek chub when it darts through the stream. It is | | | | goods store or sport fishing shop you will get an |
| most effective in early spring when the streams | | | | idea of how many different types of bait are |
| winter's run off occurs. | | | | available. When it comes to trout bait, live bait is |
| Trout Jigs | | | | the best. |