How To Catch A Rainbow

Some people may think I'm talking about some "airyyou're more of a bait fisherman, the good old
fairy" new age subject when I title my article - How Toearthworm or power bait are great bets. A bottom rig
Catch A Rainbow - but that's not what's going on here.is the way to go when fishing on a lake. For those
I'm speaking of the beautiful Rainbow Trout. Otherwisewho aren't familiar with this technique, start with a 1/2
known as a rainbow for short. So how does a personounce egg sinker. Slip it onto your line then tie a #10
go about catching a Rainbow? That's what we'rebarrel swivel onto your line. Now tie another section of
going to discuss here.For our purposes I'm not writingline onto the other end of the barrel swivel. You want
about the "darts" that we all know and love. A dart is athis length of line to be the length that you want your
stocked trout. We've all seen them. All of their finsbait to float off of the bottom. Now attach a small
have been rubbed off from swimming in a tank withhook to the end of the line. This is where you will add
so many other fish. It makes them all but finless. Anda ball of Power bait that will then float off of the
they thus resemble a "dart". The other name that fitsbottom. This technique will work in most lakes
these genetic anomalies well is "finless wonders". Inthroughout the country, especially if there are stocked
any case, that's not what we are going to betrout swimming around.But as I said before, I don't want
discussing here. We're going to focus on a trueto focus on stocked trout.When river fishing with bait,
Rainbow Trout that was born in a body of water andlive bait will be your best bet. The synthetic baits have
has been swimming free for years just as Godnever worked well for me with "native" trout. "Native"
created it.The first thing you have to do is locate atrout are trout that were born and continue to live in a
Rainbow. Rainbow Trout like colder waterparticular stream or river. Thus becoming "native"
temperatures. They prefer water from 50 to 60rather than planted from an outside source. In any
degrees and will tolerate temperatures up to 75case synthetic baits have never performed well for
degrees. With that little tidbit of information, weme for anything other than stocked trout. So you're
obviously want to start looking in the northern part ofbest bet to catch a rainbow in moving water will be
the United States. Rainbows inhabit both lakes andsome form of live bait, whether it be worms, minnows,
streams, as long as the water temperature is coldcrickets, crayfish, mealworms, etc. You'll want to use
enough. This obviously means that on hot summersomething for bait that the rainbows are used to
days, as the water temperature in a given body ofeating. The more natural the presentation, the better.
water is reaching it's peak for the day, an angler isn'tYou may want to consider employing a set of gang
going to have a ton of success fishing forhooks to achieve a very natural presentation. The
rainbows.Fishing success is typically greatest in thebottom line is that you want your live bait to appear as
spring and fall. Rainbow trout are voracious feedersnatural as is possible. The more natural the bait
and strong swimmers willing to hit a wide variety ofappears, the more rainbow's you will catch. It's that
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