gliders Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 Sorry j.p ,yankin your chain. Ive desecrated many trout waters with a well placed lure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigginpig Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Oh man, whatever! haha all good. I started fly fishing after I started working at Sportsman's Warehouse in like 2003 or so. When I moved to Colorado, I had never caught a trout before. I got a few on UL spinning gear and thought "What is all the fuss about?" I was not impressed at all with trout as a gamefish. Fast forward a few years, and I was working out at Sportsman's. I started tying first, because I already ties jigs and stuff, and got into it backwards. All the employees out there fly fished except me, so I started doing it because of peer pressure. The funny thing was, I loved it! I really do love spot and stalk nymph fishing with a passion. Fly fishing made me understand what trout are all about. I started targeting big trout, and a lot of those in Colorado are in places that require catch and release, but don't require fly fishing. The trout would be SO beat up because of eating spinners, spoons, and Rapalas. Some would be missing half their face. I know it is just a fish, but it still made me sad to see it. So I don't think treble hooks or barbs should be allowed for trout fishing, especially in areas that mandate release. In Japan, there are a lot of anglers that target trout with UL spinning gear. They have many options for micro-sized cranks that are equipped with single barbless hooks. Trout are fragile creatures. If we intend to put them back alive we should take good care of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gliders Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 Spot on j.p ,been using barbless single flies only for c +a for trout for 35 years ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 (edited) I fly fished the creeks in the eastern Sierras for years, and my biggest trout was a 1 1/2lb brown trout. When fishing for bass, I've caught a lot of stockers on traps and jerkbaits, and released them all. I caught a good hold over rainbow on a split shot robo worm, another on an Ika, and one on a jerkbait next to shallow rock in the wind. Best was over 3lbs, up at Cachuma on that Ika. It was so determined to eat that Ika that it hit it twice! I kept that one. Orange flesh, cooked over a bbq, wrapped in tinfoil with lemon, butter, and onions. Yum! Trout fight really well for their size, like stripers. I try not to touch them when I unhook them, wet my rubber net first, and do all of my "surgery" over the water, so they can fall right back in. Edited January 8, 2017 by mark poulson 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonister Posted January 8, 2017 Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 I have to agree, a fly rod is much more suitable. I got turned onto the whole fly fishing thing beginning of last year and now theres always a fly rod around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Glenn Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 We catch quite a few Trout on Flukes while bass fishing on Jocassee in SC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
