How to Catch Trout

In a cold mountain stream waits the most delicious freshwater fish: trout.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Baits
• Fishing Fly Box
• Fishing Fly Kit
• Fly-fishing Lines
• Fly-fishing Nets
• Fly-fishing Reels
• Fly-fishing Rods
• Fly-fishing Vests
• Waders

1. Talk to a local bait shop about state rules and special trout stamps.

2. Move quietly toward a stream. Avoid letting your shadow cover the water - trout in small streams can be skittish.

3. Select a good trout spot, such as an eddy in a stream. Trout love to hide behind rocks as the water swirls food right to them.

4. Watch the water for signs of fish: a change in water flow, a flash of fin.

5. Use just enough weight on your line to bump the bottom and float along.

6. Choose bait: Trout love flies, salmon eggs and worms.

7. Use a cast-and-retrieve method of fishing.

8. Let the bait move downstream with the current.

9. Set the hook quickly once the trout bites.

10. Reel it in to shore.

Tips & Warnings

• Trout love remote brushy areas.

• Try new fluorescent lines - you can see them, but the fish can't.

• Remember the benefits of catch-and-release fishing.