Pine and Hemlock trees with thick growths of ferns border clear, cold mountain streams, all of which enhance the fishing experience in the beautiful State of West Virginia. Needless to say these are a fair indication of the lair of the Brook, Brown, Rainbow and the Golden Trout. You don’t have to spend a great deal of money to fish for these trout. All you need is patience and the basic equipment required to catch these beautiful fish.
A fly rod, a light spinning rod, a crappie rod about nine feet long will be a great trout catcher. In most cases a light leader nine feet long attached to a fly line of 4 or 6 pound test monofilament line attached to a spinning rod is just right. For worm fishing, hooks should be ether size 6 or 8. A multi pack of split shot sinkers provide all the sinkers you should need. As far as worms, red worms or night crawlers seem to work equally well.
Now all you have to do is learn to read the water. Study the stream to the point that you can pick out the “bubble line” This is the area of disturbed water caused by the water flowing around an obstacle such as a rock. The trout tend to favor the quiet water as opposed to the fast water. The trout also favor the shadowed water rather than the sun lit water. In most mountain streams, will find the trout under cut banks just waiting for a worm or grasshopper to pass by. Now all you have to do is be patient and be sneaky and enjoy the beauty of the stream and the woods.
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