A few for the road

I've not been getting to fish much; been taking care of my wife following her hip replacement but thankfully, she has people that like her and want to come sit with her for about once a week lol. That's my cue to go fish.

Beautiful rainbow and nice slabs. What did you catch your trout on?

akachuck said:

Beautiful rainbow and nice slabs. What did you catch your trout on?

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I keep it simple for trout. Stocked trout live all their life in concrete flumes and are fed pellets daily. Then are dumped into the rivers without food. They'll practically hit anything the first few days after being stocked. But when they have been in there a while, they tend to get the hang of it and aren't as easy. If I fish bigger water for trout that don't get stocked often, these things here work pretty well. Trout worms that you whacky rig with a light wire mosquito hook and split shot. I normally used Berkley trout worms but this Johnny Trout worms guy found my YouTube channel and sent me a kit like this one in the pics. He has them in any color you can think of. I like throwing a jerk bait if conditions are right. Overcast and rainy = jerk bait days especially if there's brown trout in the water. I don't use the doughs, eggs, or corn. Sometimes I will use a spinner but it's not my favorite. If I see fish rising to the top during a hatch and they won't eat anything else I will tie the spinner on and burn it back to me. I caught 42 rainbows on the Hiwassee last week with the worms. I don't like keeping them so I throw them all back.

But the next time I go I will be trying to give this fly fishing a go. Just for a different challenge. It will be hard leaving the spinning rod at home.

Nice catch and those worms look interesting. May have to get some and try them on the Clinch.