Anyone who wants to know how to catch trout needs to know one simple, yet extremely effective trout fishing technique.
That technique is called "drifting a worm" and is an extremely effective technique for catching almost any species of freshwater trout.
As a matter of fact drift fishing with a worm works for almost any species of freshwater fish, but seems to be especially effective for trout.
I was taught how to "drift a worm" more than two decades ago by my fishing mentor, a man who was extremely proficient at drift fishing with a worm in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania, and taught his son and myself the technique on various fishing excursions.
The bottom line is that there is little doubt that if you want to know how to catch trout, "drift a worm" is a trout fishing technique that you need to add to your fishing repertoire.
The goal of "drift fishing" with a worm is to allow a live worm to drift naturally with the current of a river while it bounces along the bottom of said river while it drifts with the current.
The technique requires the fisherman to be in the water with the fish, so wading is a necessity with this particular tout fishing technique.
According to my mentor a ultra light rod and reel spooled with light line (four or six pound test) is also integral to this particular trout fishing technique, a rule I still live by to this day.
Drift fishing with a worm is accomplished as follows: start by attaching a set of gang hooks to your line using a small barrel swivel and baiting the gang hooks with a live worm, or portion of a live worm depending on the size of the gang hooks and the length of the worm.
Gang hooks are utilized because they enable you to present a live worm in an outstretched and natural manner, which makes a huge difference when drift fishing and makes the worm much more appealing to the trout.
Trout find a live worm tumbling naturally with the current very difficult to resist.
Weight is added to this drift fishing rig by added and/or removing split shot sinkers above the barrel swivel.
As I said before, the goal when drift fishing is to have your offering "bounce" along the bottom as it drifts so getting the proper amount of weight is a learning process, you just have to add or remove slit shot until you can "feel" the bottom without getting "snagged" on the bottom.
Current conditions and river depth obviously play a hug role in the amount of weight that is needed on your rig.
This rig in then cast into river, the bail of your fishing reel is closed, and the worm is allowed to drift with the current.
This is drift fishing with a worm and is one of the most effective trout fishing techniques that you will ever encounter.
Once this technique is mastered (which takes time on the water practicing) you will never again have to ask how to catch trout, you will in fact know how to catch trout.
That technique is called "drifting a worm" and is an extremely effective technique for catching almost any species of freshwater trout.
As a matter of fact drift fishing with a worm works for almost any species of freshwater fish, but seems to be especially effective for trout.
I was taught how to "drift a worm" more than two decades ago by my fishing mentor, a man who was extremely proficient at drift fishing with a worm in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania, and taught his son and myself the technique on various fishing excursions.
The bottom line is that there is little doubt that if you want to know how to catch trout, "drift a worm" is a trout fishing technique that you need to add to your fishing repertoire.
The goal of "drift fishing" with a worm is to allow a live worm to drift naturally with the current of a river while it bounces along the bottom of said river while it drifts with the current.
The technique requires the fisherman to be in the water with the fish, so wading is a necessity with this particular tout fishing technique.
According to my mentor a ultra light rod and reel spooled with light line (four or six pound test) is also integral to this particular trout fishing technique, a rule I still live by to this day.
Drift fishing with a worm is accomplished as follows: start by attaching a set of gang hooks to your line using a small barrel swivel and baiting the gang hooks with a live worm, or portion of a live worm depending on the size of the gang hooks and the length of the worm.
Gang hooks are utilized because they enable you to present a live worm in an outstretched and natural manner, which makes a huge difference when drift fishing and makes the worm much more appealing to the trout.
Trout find a live worm tumbling naturally with the current very difficult to resist.
Weight is added to this drift fishing rig by added and/or removing split shot sinkers above the barrel swivel.
As I said before, the goal when drift fishing is to have your offering "bounce" along the bottom as it drifts so getting the proper amount of weight is a learning process, you just have to add or remove slit shot until you can "feel" the bottom without getting "snagged" on the bottom.
Current conditions and river depth obviously play a hug role in the amount of weight that is needed on your rig.
This rig in then cast into river, the bail of your fishing reel is closed, and the worm is allowed to drift with the current.
This is drift fishing with a worm and is one of the most effective trout fishing techniques that you will ever encounter.
Once this technique is mastered (which takes time on the water practicing) you will never again have to ask how to catch trout, you will in fact know how to catch trout.