Rainbow Trout Fishing: Drift Fishing Live Worms

When someone mentions the term 'rainbow trout fishing' they tend to automatically assume that you are going to inform them about some manner of fly fishing, as fly fishing is well known for being a "go to" trout fishing technique. While the aforementioned statement might be true, for me this has never been the case. To me, rainbow trout fishing means fishing for and catching rainbow trout while using ultra light spin fishing gear.

Why is this the case? Because more than twenty years ago, when I was originally introduced to the act of fishing for rainbow trout, the man who taught me employed the method of using ultralight spinning gear. As a matter of fact he had a fair amount of disdain for "fly fishing" and believed that using an ultralight rod and reel, that is spooled with two or four pound test fishing line was the only way to really go about fishing for and catching rainbow trout.

As I grew accustomed to fishing for trout with this type of gear, I too began to feel that attempting to catch rainbow trout in this way was in fact the best way to engage in the act of rainbow trout fishing. I have since learned that the truth about which type of fishing gear or which type of technique is most conducive to fishing for rainbow trout is entirely up to personal preference, and there is no right or wrong answer to the question. Every fisherman does what he or she does and that's the way that it should be.

What I do know for a fact is that ultra light gear and light fishing line is the way that I prefer to fish for rainbow trout and the best technique that I have ever come across for doing so is a technique known as drift fishing. The man that I was referring to earlier was extremely adept at drift fishing with live worms and over the years I have become very adept at this technique as well. The bottom line is that if you want to consistently experience success trout fishing drift fishing live worms is a technique that you need to familiarize yourself with.

The concept is remarkably simple, you cast a live worm that is rigged in a natural way into the current of a river or stream that contains rainbow trout. You then allow the live worm to drift naturally with the current as you feel for the "tap tap" or "pull" from a hungry trout. Pretty simple, huh? The concept no doubt is simple, however in practice it does take a bit of getting used to as determining the difference between the bottom of the river and the biting of a trout. This can be challenging at times, however, once the in's and out's are learned, drift fishing live worms is as effective trout fishing technique as there is.

Do yourself a favor and add this unique fishing technique to your trout fishing arsenal sooner rather than later. I promise you that this one technique will help you take your results to the next level.