
One of the barriers presented by trout fishing is that when we think of trout fishing, we think of fly fishing.įly fishing is highly specialized with highly specialized equipment and techniques.Ī truly wonderful sport and method of fishing, yes, but there is a lengthy education process involved to achieve a level of proficiency. In this article, we’ll be focusing on fishing for stocked trout in the lakes dams and impoundments. It’s fun – like…heaps of fun.ĭespite a strong historical association with the landed gentry, a continuing litany of rules and compliances and despite so many trout fishing techniques bordering on the esoteric, trout fishing really is for everybody. If we strip it back of all of its historical baggage, trout fishing is pure unadulterated fun in all of its forms. Trout fishing is survival and leisure, frivolous entertainment and deeply serious.


It is a sport that has been practiced by king and commoner, slave and settler, indigenous cultures, and those of us in between. Steeped in ancient and enduring tradition, there is an undeniable mystique attached to trout fishing in many respects deservedly so.
