| One of my favorite things to do in this world is river | | | | and so did my mentor. He used gang hooks. Gang |
| fishing for rainbow trout. Standing in the flowing | | | | hooks enable the angler to present a worm in a |
| water of a river or stream, attempting to catch a | | | | completely natural manner. A live worm rigged on a |
| large rainbow, is one of my favorite activities. There | | | | set of pre-tied gang hooks doesn't look any different |
| are many aspects of river fishing for rainbows that | | | | that a live worm with no hooks in it at all! This is an |
| appeals to me, but the biggest has to be the | | | | incredible advantage when fishing for a fish that is as |
| challenge of trying to catch large rainbows (over 20 | | | | intelligent as a large trout. So, when fishing for |
| inches) on ultra light gear (4lb test monofilament). My | | | | rainbow trout in rivers, gang hooks are a must. |
| mentor used to catch monster Rainbows in central | | | | The technique is simply to bounce that worm off of |
| Pennsylvania, and I've been hooked ever since he | | | | the bottom as it flows through the current. You don't |
| taught me his techniques twenty+ years ago. | | | | use your reel or anything. You simply cast out, and |
| There's also something about seeing that "flash" of | | | | let the worm drift with the current, naturally. Just as |
| red while fighting a large rainbow, that I think I'm | | | | the worm would had you just thrown it into the |
| addicted to. It's quite a feeling, which for some | | | | current. It's an incredibly simple, yet effective |
| reason isn't ever matched by any other fish. River | | | | technique. When river fishing for Rainbow Trout, this |
| fishing for rainbow trout has to be one of the most | | | | is a great technique. You may be wondering what |
| enjoyable types of fishing. | | | | gang hooks are? They are simply two small hooks |
| The most effective way to catch a rainbow trout | | | | tied in tandem. They are fairly easy to learn how to |
| while wade fishing is to use live worms. Rainbows | | | | tie yourself or you can buy them ready to go from |
| find worms difficult to resist in most situations. I | | | | somewhere like JRWfishing, the choice is yours. The |
| know "flea flickers" scoff at the idea of using worms | | | | bottom line is that River Fishing - Rainbow Trout - |
| as bait, but the techniques that my mentor taught | | | | & Gang Hooks all go together like the pieces of |
| me more than twenty years ago are every bit as | | | | a fishing puzzle. |
| technical and artistic as anything a "flea flicker" does. | | | | River fishing for rainbow trout can be done in many |
| So what are these techniques to catch rainbows in | | | | parts of the United States. The only places that |
| rivers? | | | | Rainbow Trout won't be found are those areas of |
| The biggest thing to learn is to present your offering | | | | the country that are incredibly hot. As a rule, trout |
| in the most natural way possible. Fly fishermen know | | | | prefer clean clear water, such as that flowing out of |
| all about presenting their offering in a natural manner, | | | | various rivers in the northern parts of North America. |