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