The "cover more water" trap

[Chrisper4694]

I cant be the only one that falls in this trap!...The river had come down to what I would consider ideal conditions, but the fish didn't want my first couple of offerings (my go-to lures for this area) so at that point I did something different....

Usually, I think many of us wading the river just keep moving, even if we change lures, we just keep moving; and I'm guilty of it, too. Even though I know I just fished great trout holding areas, I keep moving on to the next.

This time, I literally just kept doubling back with different techniques and lures through the same spots, and it paid off with a decent sized hard fighting rainbow and brown (and a handful of smaller browns).

They ignored multiple jigs in a variety of presentations and even ignored my first pass through with a jerkbait.... but the second time around with a smaller jerkbait and longer pauses just triggered the hell out of them, and I couldn't help but think about all the times I would've normally just kept moving on the the next spot.

A tip to myself and anyone else who cares to maybe consider being more methodical with trying different lures and techniques rather than covering as much water as possible.

[icebadger]

I have been guilty of doing that very thing, trying to move to soon without trying all of my options in my box. sometimes you have to cast different lures that they have not seen yet or go smaller and slower. other times it is just a color change that does the trick.

[thmyorke1]

ive done this multiple times in the past, recently this fall; where i got swiped by a nice brown trout but just couldnt get it to pop back out. Tried throwing different stuff around.
However, it wouldnt work.

Usually, I rather go find another fishy spot especially when i know there are more up ahead. I often think once a fish is onto you they wont budge.

It does feel nice moving and not standing in one spot for too long, just for the entertainment/activeness factor. Constantly on the move is one thing i like about trout fishing.

I admit i dont have as much of an arsenal of lures when i trout fish. Although i will change plugs, jigs, spinners, even throw pink worms and sizes etc. but honestly it's something i could expand on. I can be hard when i know a lure works i dont want to change and go through a new hole and not throw that lure.