Last fall I began utilizing micro jigs fished under a slip bobber as a trout fishing technique and the other day this innovative technique managed to catch me a few late season rainbow trout. In normal situations, river trout fishing in late December can be as challenging as trying to thread a needle in the dark, but as I said in my last post, this winter has been anything but normal when it comes to temperatures.
I was using a 1/32 ounce olive colored marabou jig rigged tied under a small balsa wood slip bobber during the warmest part of the day, letting the bobber drift naturally with the current and jigging my jig ever so slightly as it drifted along. About every 5th cast I would notice the bobber making motions that were "out of the ordinary" and I would set the hook. I didn't hook a fish every time that I tried, but in a little over an hour I had hooked and landed four rainbows ranging in size from eight to thirteen inches, not a bad day by anyone's estimation.
I'll tell you, I can't wait until next fishing season, so that I can give micro jigs the attention it seems like they deserve when it comes to trout fishing. Without much experience fishing them at all, I have found micro jigs fished under slip bobbers to be an extremely effective way to catch trout.
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