trout fishing

[allrounder 47]

when is it a good time to go is it to cold now ar are they still feedin

[ratkilla 35]

Trout are feeding very well now

[Guest Fishaben]

trout tend to feed all year round apart from maybe in the freezing cold or the scorching sun, just depends on what fly/bait you use.

Ben

[SeanTheHawker 0]

out of season?or is it stockies yoru after?

[Guest Eamon.Mc]

If your using the fly rod on the stockies id recommend a sinking line and booby nymphs, i find it very good in winter

Aggreetotaly with above comment, this time of year trout tend to go deep and do not move about as much the above method is a bit monotonous but can be very productive. This time of year on stocked waters I fish sinking line, a 2 ff leader with a booby cast out wait til the line is lying on the bottom the slow retrieve 6 inches at a time with the odd jerk thrown in.Only problem I've had with this method is the trout sometimes nearly swallow it right down but on waters where it's a legal method can be deadly.

[BWB 3]

If your using the fly rod on the stockies id recommend a sinking line and booby nymphs, i find it very good in winter

Aggreetotaly with above comment, this time of year trout tend to go deep and do not move about as much the above method is a bit monotonous but can be very productive. This time of year on stocked waters I fish sinking line, a 2 ff leader with a booby cast out wait til the line is lying on the bottom the slow retrieve 6 inches at a time with the odd jerk thrown in.Only problem I've had with this method is the trout sometimes nearly swallow it right down but on waters where it's a legal method can be deadly.

why could this be illegal on some waters (just out of interest)

[Guest Fishaben]

some fisheries dont allow booby fishing because the trout hardy ever see anything that looks like a booby.

This means the fish hit it real hard and often ( thats why its so productive ), because they hit it so hard they swallow the booby right down, so far down that most of the time they are unhookable without chopping the line leaving the booby down in the fish, and if you are on catch and release they obviously dont like you putting fish back with flies still in them.

Ben

Edited December 28, 2006 by Fishaben

[BWB 3]

thanks for that learnt something new today

[Guest Fishaben]

no problem.

Ben

[allrounder 47]

If your using the fly rod on the stockies id recommend a sinking line and booby nymphs, i find it very good in winter

its stockies im after and im bait fishing with powerbait not fly fishing thank for replies

[midnight walker 8]

power bait is not fishing its mass murder fished with a ball wate on to a swivel with 2 feet of line onto a size 12 trebble you can catch rainbow on it all year round