>>1821700It's hot now. It's best to go after rain once it clears up to the point of a slight tint or turbidity to the water. After rain is prime for drowning worms. I recommend an 8g float with a tapered or stacked shot line. Salted minnows work better especially if the water has good speed. If it's stocked trout powerbait can also be used. Set the float to where you tap bottom once or twice every cast. If you're more into lure fishing, which in the case of trout is easy enough for a beginner, nothing beats a small panther martin or #3 mepps (#2 if it's ultra clear water). I'm assuming your issue is 1.) You are spending more time switching lures than fishing or 2.) Wrong locations. I've found that if your stream is stocked, fish will always concentrate around bridges or near roads where the DNR folks can back the truck in or carry buckets too. Trout don't travel far, and usually concentrate in the nearest hole. I drew a little map of prime spots for trout to hold by google mapping a random stream in CT. Don't bother with calm flatts unless they have significant cover or undercut banks. The blue dot is a head of a pool, where fast water flows into a deep hole. Fast tumbling water =more oxygen. Fish always hold here but it's easiest to fish when the water is low and the temps are hot as it brings the most oxygen. Cast to any edys, seams in current, or just where the water becomes just slow enough where a fish could comfortably swim in it (faster than you think). Prime float fishing zone. Panther Martins work well because they sink fast. Red is a tail of a deep pool, where water begins to speed up, or right before it starts to get broken up by rocks and shallow water. Spinners are excelent here. This spot is best in high water for some reason. The green dot is a rocky rapid. Now if water is too fast, where it's all white, don't waste too much time, but fish hold in the pockets behind rocks. Cast your lures in front of, then behind, a big rock in water 2-6 feet deep.
