A single split shot can make all the difference

Yesterday I was fishing for trout on our local river and remembered something that I figured needed to be passed along. I was fishing a stretch of river, standing in thigh deep water and casting into a deeper area that contained large underwater boulders. I was "drift fishing" of course, and had 2 small split shot pinched onto my line above my swivel for weight. I was receiving no bites and rarely felt the bottom, except at the end of the drift.

I then added one more split shot to my line and continued drift fishing fishing the same area. Almost immediately I hooked and landed a pair of 12 inch rainbows, followed by hooking a large fish which I lost due to impatience. I wanted to mention this because when you are drift fishing for trout it's important to remember that something as simple as a single split shot can make all the difference.