favorite artificials

[IRISHbaseball]

what are your favorite artificials for rainbaw trout, i use little spinners and ocasionaly small countdowns, if u have some good lure that you like to use please let me know (if you want to give up that info)

[Big Hit]

A #16 Flashback PT.

[Driftless]

i throw big spinners.

panther martins in size 6s and 9s.

The little trout are actually afraid of the spinners.

Size up your lures for big trout.

[Driftless]

Any of these will do the deed.

[Driftless]

go big

[Driftless]

my odds and ends box.

[tom_w]

I just picked up a small cicada. Have any luck with them Len?

[Driftless]

deep holes in the early season. AMAZING

really slow. Don't tie directly to lure.

either a split ring or a swivel.

[IRISHbaseball]

Thanks i have always thought i the smaller the better when it comes to trout but ill have to try some of the big ones

[tom_w]

Interesting, Len. The hole on the cicada looked like it had sharp edges.

[Dave Anderson]

Orange scuds - rainbows are stocked and the food pellets they are fed are typically brownish/tan meal, so an orange scud is money: same size only with a little more color. Get your flies to the head of the riffle as the rainbows typically like the faster water.

[Driftless]

what are your favorite artificials for rainbaw trout, i use little spinners and ocasionaly small countdowns, if u have some good lure that you like to use please let me know (if you want to give up that info)

Irish are you looking for flies or lures you can throw on a spinning rod?

[roughfish29]

^ he is a spin fisherman. I fish with IRISHbaseball all the time

[waterbound]

I usually use spinners. I have used mostly Mepps Aglias and Comets with the Minno bodies. I started using size 0 but ended up relying on mostly 1s because I bought all the size 0s at the local bait shop ! I don't try to target big fish, I just try to catch what will bite. I gave small Rapalas (I want to say the 5 cm one) a try without much success although I did have a really nice brown take a big swing (and miss) at one up north at the beginning of November.

[youngie22]

RAPALA... Huskyjerks, countdowns, floaters, deep diving shads; like len said, go big. Should work great in the streams you guys fish in the area!

[mainbutter]

I stand by my belief that anything with the blue fox label on it will catch trout (edit: stream trout, I use rapalas for lake trout).

At least I hook into plenty of those pesky buggers when I'm chasing Alaskan salmon

[IRISHbaseball]

Thanks ya i use a spinning rod but i think im gunna try fly fishing this year it looks like fun.

[JBMasterAngler]

I pretty much only use #0 to #2 mepps spinners...orange or black have always been good colors.

Anyone ever use small twister tails? Any success?

[s t fanatic]

it sounds to me like it depends where you fish. i fish white water quite often and as far as rainbows are concerned i have the best luck with the #6 panther martin in yellow w/orange spots. small jigs also work well i use black but im sure orange or pink would work well white also works decent.

[waterbound]

I should add that I typically use lures that are silver/white. I have tried other colors but with less success, although if I have a fish take a swing at a spinner but miss I can usually throw another spinner of the same size but a different color where I saw the trout and I'll get a bite.

[tom_w]

Interesting waterbound. i will have to try that. There are times on some streams in particular where I get one hit per hole. If I miss that one hit, no fish.

Maybe another color will lure them in a second time. I'd love to find some way to get another chance...

[Paul_Kramer]

Hey Len, what kind of action to those plastic Mister Mino's have? Do they seem to work pretty good on trout? I was thinking about trying them sometime.

[Driftless]

Hey Len, what kind of action to those plastic Mister Mino's have? Do they seem to work pretty good on trout? I was thinking about trying them sometime.

they work well in deep water. Have caught a couple on them where nothing else would work.

[DARK30]

The little green bug is my first choice

[sbro73]

Always have good luck with the smallest Swedish Pimples and Northland Forage Minnows.