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Drew9870
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A lot of people just do not get stocker Trout, they are literally fish in a barrel, and let me give you some advice on ''barrel angling'' :lol:.
First of all, kastmasters, lol, I absolutely hate them, caught plenty of Kokanee on them along with a good handful of Rainbows, but seriously, think of the action of your Kastmaster and combine that with the mentality/speed of a planter fish, most will either not get a good hook hold or get hooked outside the mouth. Replace your Kastmasters with a Triple Teaser and a tiny split shot or ''downrig it'' with a 1/8oz sliding weight for deeper water. Hatchery fish do not care about the shape, color, or action of your lure. I haven't tried it, but I can bet money one would do just as good using a spinner with no blade as you would with a bladed spinner.
Flies, the stockers are not ordinary fish, not all of them are adapted to looking for bugs on the surface, so dries don't usually work as well as wets/nymph. Nor do the Trout recognize any certain pattern, to say one color Powerbait was the best is a flat out joke. I prefer white just because it can be seen in muddy and clear water, you only cover more water using a bright color in clear water, I just bump the size of the fly down.
The hatchery Trout are not anything like a wild Trout, wild fish are more agile and seem to have less trouble accurately hitting a lure, so slower presentations usually allow for better hookups, especially since the stockers will chase your offering for a good distance or sometimes they will be hanging out right at the shoreline so sometimes you only have about 15 feet of space to drag your offering through, and a slower presentation can get the most out of this small amount space.
I'll keep adding bits to this.
First of all, kastmasters, lol, I absolutely hate them, caught plenty of Kokanee on them along with a good handful of Rainbows, but seriously, think of the action of your Kastmaster and combine that with the mentality/speed of a planter fish, most will either not get a good hook hold or get hooked outside the mouth. Replace your Kastmasters with a Triple Teaser and a tiny split shot or ''downrig it'' with a 1/8oz sliding weight for deeper water. Hatchery fish do not care about the shape, color, or action of your lure. I haven't tried it, but I can bet money one would do just as good using a spinner with no blade as you would with a bladed spinner.
Flies, the stockers are not ordinary fish, not all of them are adapted to looking for bugs on the surface, so dries don't usually work as well as wets/nymph. Nor do the Trout recognize any certain pattern, to say one color Powerbait was the best is a flat out joke. I prefer white just because it can be seen in muddy and clear water, you only cover more water using a bright color in clear water, I just bump the size of the fly down.
The hatchery Trout are not anything like a wild Trout, wild fish are more agile and seem to have less trouble accurately hitting a lure, so slower presentations usually allow for better hookups, especially since the stockers will chase your offering for a good distance or sometimes they will be hanging out right at the shoreline so sometimes you only have about 15 feet of space to drag your offering through, and a slower presentation can get the most out of this small amount space.
I'll keep adding bits to this.