In the reservoirs that i use i fish solely for trout either rainbows or brownies, spinning, fly and the odd time with worms. I mainly fish reservoirs that are maintained by the government. The way it works over here is once a lake has been stocked literally within hours the word is out and it's like bangor promenade on a summers sunday afternoon. As the saying goes the fisheries put them in and the fishermen take them out. For me stocky bashing was great fun when i first started fishing as it gives you a confidence boost but there's nothing like the buzz when you've landed a well conditioned w