I do use a spinning rod when I can’t get through a stream with my Fly rod but if I can see a path that my fly line can take I use the Fly rod. It’s just so much more fun, for me anyways. Each to their own.
When I first came to the Maritimes I was only used to fishing catfish and pike but it was only a few short hours and my brother-in-law had me fishing for trout with a flyrod.
The learning process took about 10 minutes and I was up to speed enough to catch brook trout. They were a whole lot bigger and easier to catch 30 years ago than they are today but I still get out when I get the chance.
One of the most important things I learned about trout fishing and it goes for a lot of other species is:
- The big ones are there and if they know you are there you will never catch them. Stealth is the key and that is why I out fish my fishing buddies.
Sometimes, especially late in the summer when the water is low I actually crawl to the river bank and cast from behind a tree. I have caught my biggest brookies doing this. I can’t take credit for thinking of it as it was one of my college professors that showed me how to catch the big ones.
