| Has anyone had the experience of getting to your | | | | rapala's in my vest as well. After all, I am an angler, and |
| favorite trout stream, wading out into the water, then | | | | as we all know you can never have enough crap. But |
| reaching into one of your pockets to add a couple of | | | | there are days when the fish just won't even look at a |
| split shot to your line, only to then realize that you don't | | | | worm, and for example, the only thing that you can |
| have any with you! Son of a bit.......!!!! This is no fun. | | | | catch them on is a 1/8 ounce black Rooster Tail. I've |
| Having your fishing equipment stocked up ready to go | | | | had this exact experience before. I caught 18" |
| is paramount to your enjoyment. | | | | Rainbow Trout every second or third cast on a black |
| One of my mottos is, "if you think you have enough | | | | Rooster Tail, and I hadn't even gotten a bump on |
| of whatever type of terminal tackle that you may use, | | | | anything else for three hours. And during the time that I |
| add one more package." For most of my river fishing | | | | was catching those trout, I got snagged and lost my |
| excursions, I will almost exclusively use, split shot | | | | Rooster tail. Now what do you think might have |
| sinkers, swivels, gang hooks, and live bait (mostly | | | | happened if I didn't have another one that was exactly |
| worms). That's really all of the fishing gear that I need | | | | the same in my vest? It wouldn't have been good if |
| with me, but I need plenty of it. With the style of fishing | | | | there had been children within earshot, because the |
| I learned from my mentor, you get snagged a lot. And | | | | profanities would have been flying. But as it was, all |
| that means that you retie quite a bit. And that means | | | | was well, because I always carry back-ups. I would |
| that to have extra stuff, rather than not enough.It's | | | | suggest that you do the same.How about wading a |
| always a good idea to have extra line with you as | | | | mile and a half downstream in 40 degree weather and |
| well. I've seen many, many anglers who don't change | | | | realizing that there's a hole in your waders? Oh yea, |
| their line nearly enough. I personally use four pound test, | | | | this is no fun either. To be truly ready to wade fish, for |
| and with the amount of fishing I do, I have to change | | | | god's sake, carry a patch kit in your vest as well. If |
| my line at least once a month. When fishing with line | | | | anything like this happens to you, you'll be thanking old |
| this small, catching one big fish can all but ruin it. So | | | | TK. Hopefully I've given you something to consider at |
| having an extra spool or two of line with you, it's a | | | | least.Trevor Kugler |
| must. This way you can just change your line on the | | | | Co-founder of Trevor has more than 20 years of |
| bank of the river, rather than having to go home.I can't | | | | fishing experience, and specializes in ultralight river |
| lie here though. Although split shot, gang hooks, swivels, | | | | fishing. |
| and live bait are the fishing equipment I use most, I also | | | | - products and information to save you time and help |
| have a couple of small boxes of spinners, spoons, and | | | | you catch more fish. |