Trout Fishing Secrets - Revealed
More than twenty years ago I had the pleasure of knowing, and learning from a man who was a true trout fishing master. This man was able to catch trophy trout (larger than 20 inches) consistently out of heavily fished small rivers and streams in Central Pennsylvania. Other anglers rarely caught trout of this caliber out of these waters, but this man did. Through fishing with him, I learned some great trout fishing secrets, which I'm going to reveal in this article.
The first thing for you to keep in mind is that this man always used ultra light gear for trout fishing is small rivers and streams. That is: ultra light action rods and reels, and his reel were always spooled with four pound test line at the heaviest. Using ultra light gear and light line is amazingly important to trout fishing. I found this secret out early on in my fishing career.
The next secret to keep in mind is to always use gang hooks for trout fishing, especially when using live worms. You see, gang hooks enable live bait (and especially live worms) to be presented in a completely natural manner. This trout fishing secret simply results in more bites. Trout can be a very finicky fish and natural presentation is very important. My mentor insisted on using gang hooks, and once you use them, you will as well.
His next secret was to be as efficient as possible. This meant employing things like retractors and bait bags. Retractors are great for carrying your lightweight fishing gear like nail clippers, and a bait bag is great for carrying your live worms. You see, a bait bag is a small pouch that hangs off of your fishing vest and holds your live worms while you're fishing. This means that your bait is literally at your fingertips at all times. This saves a ton of time baiting up, and gives you more time with your line in the water, where the trout are, rather than out of the water while you bait up. Being efficient as an angler is a true trout fishing secret.
This man also insisted on fishing at the proper times. What do I mean by this? It's actually quite simple. In order to make sure that you're fishing at the proper times, you need to pay attention to the weather & moon. These two forces of Mother Nature play a very big role in the behavior of trout, and the more you understand how, the better. For example, more large trout are caught during certain phases of the moon. You need to be on the water at these times.
These simple, yet extremely effective trout fishing secrets are time testes and proven to be effective through more than fifty years of combined fishing experience. Give one or all of them a sot sooner, rather than later, and you will become a much more successful trout angler. I've personally been using every one of these secrets with great success for more than 20 years.