Feb 26 2010
Does Anyone Have Any River Trout Fishing Tips?
I want to go fishing soon (well in the summer xD) and I want some tips to go river fishing with a fly line… Also, i’ll be backpacking on this fishing trip so any tips on how to catch the fish and what to use?
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firstly for rivers you generally need a small rod due to trees etc so any thing under 9 foot will do if you like a challenge you will need a floating wf 4-5 also about a 5lb leader is good aswell as this use florocarbon i find airflo g3 sightfree to be the best if our traveling use a travel rod or any thing under 9 foot is generally in about 3 peices. For flys try some small spider patterns or possibly klinkhammers ant imitations work well when its windy fished just under trees also you might need a permit to fish certain rivers also keep your rods in a cordura rod tube for protection a light reel is a must try using a cassette reel that way the spools can be changed easily. you may also want to take an intermediate line with you.
try these sits for some helphttp://www.llbean.com/outdoorsOnline/out…
or more tipshttp://www.jerrysflyfishingtips.com/
If it is fast water try using a small red and white daredevil. Use to nail um good in the old Iron Jaw Canyon before the lake closed the road. (Calif.)
Oh boy where to begin, well if your fishing for stocked trout and don’t want to use live bait, i recommend a black and silver rooster tail 1/8 size, thats a proven trout killer every river i fished from PA to NH. If your going after native brook trout, little garden worms on a small barbless hook works great. Make sure you dress in camoflage and stay low and move really slow when approaching the hole your going to fish. Hope i could help and good luck.
Leadwing.
Sure, pre-trip, make sure to know your local state regulations, often trout species have special rules for certain stretches of water, for certain dates. Get a license, if required. Lots of good backpacking areas are wilderness designated and their remote waters are surprisingly (IMHO) well-stocked and very underfished. Backpackers in the Western Sierra, where I go, seem primairly non-fisherpersons; eyes full of wonder at what I’m doing, most of ‘em clueless hiker folk. So pack a lightweight-even superlightweight rig-4 pieces break down nicely for the trail.
You wanna fly-fish, you oughta get an idea about the hatch and what the fish are eating. A fly that closely resembles native bugs/hellgrammites/mosquitoes will likely perform best. Use four-pound-six-pound test line, max. A 2-lb leader’ll be super sensitive and almost undetectable to the trout. I’ve been primairily a spincasting guy unshy about eating a trout dinner I’d caught on Roostertail spinners or even PowerBait/salmon eggs. This kinda fishing has a smaller learning curve than flyfishing, but whatever floats your boat. Seems to me alpine lakes are home to big populations of little10 inch Brook trout that are happy to bite on most anything, most all day long. They’re just happy for the company and chance to stretch a line.
Check out a few pix of the high country:http://picasaweb.google.com/phildoe319/M…
Good Luck!
If u are going for trout you might wanna just use worms and about 6 lb line. Find the deep holes and try by them and logs. If u have any questions email me cuz i fish every day on the rivers around bessemer MI.