float fishing for trout....

[CALVINIST]

Going to Colorado the last couple weeks of June for vacation, so I plan on fishing for trout. I know how to fish the rivers and streams using UL spinning gear throwing spinners, but I also want to get my 7 year old son into some trout on some of the small lakes and reservoirs. How does one fish for trout using a float? What do I tie on to the end of my line, will a small hair jig work? What do I use for bait? Also, line and depth considerations, and anything else would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!!!

(me in Colorado)

[slipperybob]

I generally use wet fly's and maybe weigh the line with a bb sinker. Sometimes power bait. Where legal...worms, waxies, minnows.

[slipperybob]

Did just that...slip bobber with power bait worm...caught nice stocked rainbow trout...then bunch of people muscled in on me and I couldn't cast fighting the wind and five other bobbers in the water...

...Plenty of fishing spots, but does it have to be exactly right next to where I stand?

[DinkADunk]

you might consider using a flurocarbon line as fluro sinks. It will help get the wet flies down in the water column. Split shot will help you cast.

[CALVINIST]

What size hooks do I consider using? I got some #12 baitholder hooks, will these work? I heard you can also skip the float and soak a worm on the bottom, ever have any luck with that?

[slipperybob]

#12 bait hooks is what I did use, only because I expect to catch stocked trout around 12 inches...at times a 3/8 oz rooster tail spinner catches the same size trout too. I'd figure that's maybe a size 6 treble??

As so far as a real worm on the bottom...I've never done that for a lake/pond but in rivers. It's the river currents that suspends or churns the worm about in the water so it's never really on the bottom. At most instances I'll be using a size 8 bait hook.