| Over 12 years ago my fishing mentor passed | | | | 3) Large trout LOVE live crayfish - My mentor |
| onto the next plane of existence, but during the | | | | used to have me go out into the stream behind |
| time that he was alive he was the greatest trout | | | | my house and catch him live crayfish so that he |
| fisherman I've personally ever known. The man | | | | could use them for bait once he had a large trout |
| caught trophy trout in fishing streams that got a | | | | located. The crayfish had to be no more than 2 |
| ton of fishing pressure. Streams in which other | | | | inches long.....FYI. He would then rig them on a set |
| anglers simply didn't have the success that he | | | | of gang hooks and catch trophies. |
| was able to achieve. Sure other people caught | | | | 4) Always Use Gang Hooks - My mentor is the |
| trout, but my mentor caught trout that would | | | | one who invented the act of using gang hooks |
| have been trophies in Arkansas or Montana, but | | | | for freshwater fishing ( at least as far as I know). |
| he fished in central Pennsylvania. During the time | | | | A set of pre-tied gang hooks is simply 2 small |
| we fished together, he taught me some of his | | | | hooks tied in tandem. Gang hooks allow the angler |
| trophy trout fishing secrets and I want to pass | | | | to present their bait in an incredibly natural way, |
| some of them on to you. | | | | and this was a key according to him. Your bait |
| 1) Locate a Large Trout - one of my mentors | | | | had to appear as natural as possible. Gang hooks |
| hard and fast rules was that once he located a | | | | are fairly easy to tie yourself, or you can go |
| large trout, he would fish for it until he caught it. | | | | somewhere like and purchase them, the bottom |
| In his experience, large trout would find a suitable | | | | line is that my mentor insisted on using them. |
| area and pretty much stay there, especially on | | | | The above trout fishing secrets will help you catch |
| heavily fished rivers. These areas weren't the kind | | | | more and bigger trout. They most certainly did |
| of areas that you might think. That's probably | | | | for my fishing mentor, God rest his soul. I'll tell |
| how the trout grew to be so large. | | | | you, when that man passed on to whatever it is |
| 2) Large Trout Don't Expend Much Energy - My | | | | that comes next, the trout of central |
| mentor always said that large trout (I'm talking | | | | Pennsylvania and upstate New York breathed a |
| over 22 inches in fairly small rivers) expend as | | | | collective sigh of relief. He was, without question, |
| little energy as possible. He would say that they | | | | the best trout fisherman that I've ever met. |
| like to lay there and let food come to them. | | | | |