| I've been a trout angler all my life, and | | | | something unnatural? That's right, it's much |
| more than 20 years ago, I had the pleasure of | | | | less apt to bite your offering. This is why |
| knowing and learning from the best trout | | | | making sure that your hands are free of any |
| angler I've ever known. This man was able to | | | | unnatural odors is so important. The simple |
| catch trophy trout out of heavily fished | | | | solution to this problem is to grab a handful |
| rivers in Pennsylvania, when other anglers | | | | of grass or dirt before baiting up and |
| didn't believe trout of that caliber could be | | | | rubbing it into your hands. This will |
| caught in said rivers. In my opinion, he was | | | | effectively "clean" your hands of any |
| truly a "master", and taught me the fishing | | | | unnatural odors. |
| tips that I'm passing along to you through | | | | |
| this article. | | | | My mentor caught many of his trophy trout |
| | | | while using live bait (especially live worms) |
| The biggest thing my mentor believed in was | | | | and there were a few items that he considered |
| fishing at the most opportune times. What do | | | | integral to fishing for trout with live |
| I mean by this? Simple. We should be | | | | worms. Those items were gang hooks and a |
| maximizing our time spent on the water, by | | | | bait bag. Let's start with gang hooks. Gang |
| making sure that we're fishing when the trout | | | | hooks are simply a pair of small hooks tied |
| are the most active. This can be done by | | | | in tandem, thus enabling live worms to be |
| paying attention to the weather and moon, | | | | presented in a totally natural manner. Every |
| then using this information to make sure | | | | trout angler should have five to ten sets of |
| we're on the water fishing when the trout are | | | | pre-tied gang hooks with them while trout |
| the most active. That's right, by being on | | | | fishing. A gang hook rig is the best way to |
| the water when the moon is in a certain | | | | present a live worm while trout fishing. |
| phase, will affect your catch rates. | | | | |
| | | | The next thing my mentor always had with him |
| This is why the first thing my mentor did, is | | | | while trout fishing was a bait bag. This is |
| to plan his fishing trips around what the | | | | simply a small pouch that carries your live |
| weather and moon were doing. Don't worry | | | | worms while fishing. This way your bait is |
| though, the information that you need to know | | | | always literally at your fingertips waiting |
| won't require you to do hours of study. In | | | | to be used. With a bait bag there is no |
| fact you can learn what you need to know | | | | wasted time trying to bait up. Your worms |
| fairly quickly. In any case, the first | | | | are always right in your bait bag waiting to |
| fishing tip is to plan your fishing | | | | be used. It's a beautiful system. |
| excursions around the weather and moon. | | | | |
| | | | All of these tips are amazingly effective and |
| The next tip is to always make sure that your | | | | will make you a much better angler. How am I |
| hands are free of unnatural odors. That's | | | | so sure of this? Simple. Because I've been |
| right, I said free of unnatural odors. The | | | | using all of them for more than twenty years |
| bottom line is that trout have a very | | | | and know how effective they are. If they |
| sensitive sense of smell, and can detect | | | | work for me, I know they will work for |
| unnatural odors very easily. And I suppose | | | | anyone. |
| you can guess what happens if a trout detects | | | | |