What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
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What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
Apart from the obvious leader straight to a hardbody (and fly fishing), strike tiger nymph is proven to be deadly for trout streams.
Here's a good tips and tricks. I used the second rig and fruitful.
https://striketiger.com.au/pages/strike ... structions
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Here's my alternative rig, having a split shot on a dropper. So if it's snaggy, good chance only the split shot is lost and not the whole rig and nymph. Put another split shot sinker and back to fishing.
I know in NZ, they use spin/overhead in lakes jigging with a fly (streamer fly or wooly bugger).
What's your trout rig tips and tricks?
Here's a good tips and tricks. I used the second rig and fruitful.
https://striketiger.com.au/pages/strike ... structions
.
Here's my alternative rig, having a split shot on a dropper. So if it's snaggy, good chance only the split shot is lost and not the whole rig and nymph. Put another split shot sinker and back to fishing.
I know in NZ, they use spin/overhead in lakes jigging with a fly (streamer fly or wooly bugger).
What's your trout rig tips and tricks?
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Re: What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
Are you watching 7mate Seb? Only 10 minutes ago they showed jigging flies in a lake
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Re: What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
If you are able to walk the bank, mudeye or scrubby under a short dropper to a bubble float, drifting with the current can be deadly.
The Goulburn each side of Gilmours bridge at Thornton has ideal banks for this type of fishing.
Walking along watching the bubble drift downstream can produce some exciting takes.
My trout days are over but used to love this method.
Blue
The Goulburn each side of Gilmours bridge at Thornton has ideal banks for this type of fishing.
Walking along watching the bubble drift downstream can produce some exciting takes.
My trout days are over but used to love this method.
Blue
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Re: What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
If possible I use unweighted bait.
Not really a lure person
Cheers Gra
Not really a lure person
Cheers Gra
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Re: What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
I saw that, lol.
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Re: What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
Never had much (or any luck from memory) drifting artificial bait for trout in a river or suspending under a float in a lake. But I've caught trout lure fishing strike tiger nymphs in a river.
Is it just me or is it a low strike rate type of fishing for trout? I always assumed it wasn't effective because they are too tuned in to what the real thing looks like.
Is it just me or is it a low strike rate type of fishing for trout? I always assumed it wasn't effective because they are too tuned in to what the real thing looks like.
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Re: What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
What sorta bait? I only know mudeyes under a float for lakes in summer.
I'm guessing diff bait in diff time of year?
My trout fishing started with fly fishing years ago. Only recently picked up hardbodies and plastics in the last two seasons. Don't know or never tried other ways to fish them.
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Re: What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
When I was taught to fly fish, I was told basically trout eats what's abundant at the time. Hence the match the hatch.happyfriggincamper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 1:43 pmNever had much (or any luck from memory) drifting artificial bait for trout in a river or suspending under a float in a lake. But I've caught trout lure fishing strike tiger nymphs in a river.
Is it just me or is it a low strike rate type of fishing for trout? I always assumed it wasn't effective because they are too tuned in to what the real thing looks like.
When we found it (happened to me few times on fly), it can be almost 90% hit rate.
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Re: What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
Yes does vary, per the season'sSeb85 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 1:44 pmWhat sorta bait? I only know mudeyes under a float for lakes in summer.
I'm guessing diff bait in diff time of year?
My trout fishing started with fly fishing years ago. Only recently picked up hardbodies and plastics in the last two seasons. Don't know or never tried other ways to fish them.
Worms (of course), grasshopper, cricket, woodroache, yabby,grubs & other small creatures found in the area. Have caught a trout floating a huntsman on the surface.
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Re: What's your mountain stream / lake trout rig?
When Grass hoppers and Crickets are plentiful , used to catch a couple of dozen and create a "false rise" - Using 6 - 7 foot light spinning rod and 4lb Mono ( Greased) Take a Grasshopper / Cricket and superglue a Size 16 or smaller to it's back with the barb pointing up. Hand cast 4 or 5 Grasshoppers / Crickets into slack backwater and hang on - Fish with bail arm open and Drag preset - Let fish run - Set hook when run stops - First strike will scare the ---- out of you - Crickets at night, no moon are deadly - Perfected technique on Goulburn River over 45 years ago - Still works.