| More than twenty years ago I had the pleasure | | | | bait bags. Retractors are great for carrying your |
| of knowing, and learning from a man who was a | | | | lightweight fishing gear like nail clippers, and a bait |
| true trout fishing master. This man was able to | | | | bag is great for carrying your live worms. You |
| catch trophy trout (larger than 20 inches) | | | | see, a bait bag is a small pouch that hangs off of |
| consistently out of heavily fished small rivers and | | | | your fishing vest and holds your live worms while |
| streams in Central Pennsylvania. Other anglers | | | | you're fishing. This means that your bait is literally |
| rarely caught trout of this caliber out of these | | | | at your fingertips at all times. This saves a ton of |
| waters, but this man did. Through fishing with him, | | | | time baiting up, and gives you more time with |
| I learned some great trout fishing secrets, which | | | | your line in the water, where the trout are, rather |
| I'm going to reveal in this article. | | | | than out of the water while you bait up. Being |
| The first thing for you to keep in mind is that this | | | | efficient as an angler is a true trout fishing secret. |
| man always used ultra light gear for trout fishing | | | | This man also insisted on fishing at the proper |
| is small rivers and streams. That is: ultra light | | | | times. What do I mean by this? It's actually quite |
| action rods and reels, and his reel were always | | | | simple. In order to make sure that you're fishing |
| spooled with four pound test line at the heaviest. | | | | at the proper times, you need to pay attention to |
| Using ultra light gear and light line is amazingly | | | | the weather & moon. These two forces of |
| important to trout fishing. I found this secret out | | | | Mother Nature play a very big role in the behavior |
| early on in my fishing career. | | | | of trout, and the more you understand how, the |
| The next secret to keep in mind is to always use | | | | better. For example, more large trout are caught |
| gang hooks for trout fishing, especially when using | | | | during certain phases of the moon. You need to |
| live worms. You see, gang hooks enable live bait | | | | be on the water at these times. |
| (and especially live worms) to be presented in a | | | | These simple, yet extremely effective trout |
| completely natural manner. This trout fishing | | | | fishing secrets are time testes and proven to be |
| secret simply results in more bites. Trout can be | | | | effective through more than fifty years of |
| a very finicky fish and natural presentation is very | | | | combined fishing experience. Give one or all of |
| important. My mentor insisted on using gang | | | | them a sot sooner, rather than later, and you will |
| hooks, and once you use them, you will as well. | | | | become a much more successful trout angler. I've |
| His next secret was to be as efficient as possible. | | | | personally been using every one of these secrets |
| This meant employing things like retractors and | | | | with great success for more than 20 years. |