The Best Spinners For Catching Rainbow Trout

Depending on what the weather, moon, water conditions, and time of the day or year that you are fishing for trout there are many instances where a spinner is the best course of action when it comes to catching trout. I remember a day a few years ago, when I was fishing on my favorite trout river during the month of August, and I could get as much as a bite while drift fishing with live worms. I found this strange, because only a couple of days earlier, I was caught multiple 15-20 inch rainbow trout in the exact same stretch of river.

I was beginning to get frustrated when I watched a nice rainbow chase down and engulf a little Sculpin. After seeing this behavior, I though to myself, "you should give a spinner a try, because that trout was focused on a different sort of meal." I quickly tied on a 1/16 ounce "wild brook" dressed trout spinner and began to drift fish. Within three drifts I had hooked, landed, and released a beautiful twenty inch rainbow trout.

Throughout this particular day on the water, this spinner worked extremely well, because it closely matched what the trout were feeding on that particular day. I have had other days when a darker color or different color spinner dis the trick. My point is that the best spinners for catching rainbow trout will vary from day to day and trip to trip. The key with fishing spinners for rainbow trout is that you have a variety of color and size choices available to you so that you can experiment until you find the spinner that is working best on the particular day that you are fishing.

When you are on the water, pay attention to your surroundings and the water itself. Try to figure out what the rainbows are feeding on and match the spinner that you use, as closely as you can, to the size and color that forage. If you do this, you will be using the best spinners on the particular day that you are fishing. The bottom line is that the best spinners, rainbow trout, and catching fish has a ton to do with the act of experimentation, rather than a particular brand or style of spinner.