Chevy Champagne wrote:small meps or panther martins, bows love pink!! small cleos work good for big brookies too
I like a 7ft ultra light with 6lb mono or floro for chucking hardwear and a 6'6" ultra light if flipping small tubes or floats and worms into trees and such
trout can be a ton of fun and are very rewarding after the long journeys into these little lakes in the bush!
sorry for stealing your thunder Brad but thought id put my two cents in!
Sounds like this Chevy guy might have done this once or twice.
Jimmy... Don't do the backwoods and trouting thing as often as I used to but,
#3 Vibrax all silver or, silver blade with pink body have been good to me on dirty days. #3 Mepps Black Fury, black and orange spots under the sun. #2 Panther Martin, yellow body and orange blade in cricks. Tipped with worms always.
1/4 ounce Cleos, chart/silver, gold/red, blue/silver. 1/4 ounce EGB's... half/half.
1/4 ounce bucktail jigs. Black, black/brown, black/blue, black/red and usually something bright too like a perch pattern or red/white.
Couple extras if ya want... things like Yozi Pin Minnows or small Rapalas. Just a choice really.
When going into the hills with the quad and tube or just to shore trash it, I'll grab those lures and throw 'em in a sandwich container with a few snap/swivels, some bait hooks, float and some split, 5-6lb floro for leaders, hemostats and a tape measure. You're done for the day. You've got what ya need.
Rods 6 1/2 - 7 1/2 foot light, medium-light spooled 10lb braid. Whipping baits further is easiest with braid.
Take some luck with ya too, cause Lord knows the hills around here can humble ya many days for trout.
