“Top 12 Trout Spinning Reels: Tried and Tested Recommendations”
After extensive real world testing, and based on our own experiences, we rate what we consider to be the best performing spinning reels for trout fishing.
Thomas Walsh
What are the Best Floating Sunglasses for Fishermen?
I personally find a lot of lost sunglasses at the bottom of pools, so I know losing sunglasses is a fairly common occurrence for river users. For this article, I decided to review three of the most recommended floating sunglasses and to be upfront. I can only recommend the ones from Rheos The other two … Read more
How To Catch More Trout (Tips for beginners)
The challenge of trout fishing makes it rewarding. But, many new, and experienced fishermen still wonder why they can’t catch trout. In this guide, I will cover many of the main reasons why trout can be so difficult to catch and steps that can be taken to help catch them. So in this guide, I … Read more
Do You Need To Wear Waders When Fly Fishing? (Answered!)
Waders are not an essential kit for fly-fishing. While they do keep fishermen warm and dry when fishing in cold conditions it is still possible to catch trout year round without them. Arrive at any popular trout river early in the season, and it might seem like everyone is dressed in chest waders. This was … Read more
Are Dive Boots Good for Wading? (Much Cheaper Than Wading Boots)
Dive boots have a couple of shortcomings that make them unsuitable for wading rivers and streams. The soles are thin enough that you can feel every stone or rock making it uncomfortable for prolonged wading over river stones. They also offer very poor grip on slippery or smooth surfaces. Dive boots however work fine for … Read more
What is the difference between trout and salmon?
Trout and Salmon both belong to the ‘salmonidae’ Family. (They also share the family with Chars, Graylings and several other types of fish). The names trout and salmon are a human concepts used to group species of fish into predefined categories. Unfourntatly, the Salmonidae population is so diverse that there is a lot of overlap … Read more
How To Chum For Trout? (Does it work?)
Chumming is when you throw or dissolve ‘bait’ into the water to try and attract nearby fish into the area. In some parts of the world, it is also known as berleying Chumming works extremely well to attract fish such as eels and catfish that largely depend mostly on their sense of smell to find … Read more
How To Slow Down To Trolling Speed? (4 Great Options)
The slowest speed on some larger outboards is too fast for trolling when targeting slower chasing fish such as trout, walleye, and salmon. So to successfully catch trout and many other fish we need to slow our boats down. How fast to troll when targeting trout? The ideal speed to troll when targeting trout is … Read more
13 Hints To Catch Heavily Pressured Trout
Many trout fishermen learn to fish targeting innocent stock trout. They are hungry and usually associate humans with food. Catching stock trout can be trout fishing on easy mode. My fly fishing story began at the other extreme, I learned to fly fishing by targeting wary wild brown trout living in pristine, crystal clear water. … Read more
Why Mill Stream, Spring Creek and Long Lake are among the most popular trout fisheries in the country?
I spent my childhood playing in Mill Stream, I use to build rock dams and harass the fish living in the shaded pools. After college, I honed my fly casting skills on the crystal clear waters of Spring Creek. So these two trout streams have a place close to my heart. I suspect many other … Read more