[Delawareriver]

Couple guys mentioned nothing you can do if they are rising on hatching flies and this is very true to a point. If you cast your lures and bait to these fish and it's ignored the best thing to do is to keep moving. Fish other slow pools, or fast water till you find agressive trout. IN my trout days guys would constantly asked me how I consistently out fished the majority of other guys both in numbers and trophy breeder trout and it was pretty simple. Run and gun. I was constantly moving looking for aggressive trout. I very rarely slowed down to pick away at picky fish. Wasn't that I was better or doing something special but I put my lures in front of the most trout as I could and in return found the most trout willing to bite. One of my tactics for when many of the fish were educated and keyed in on insect hatches and I didn't feel like breaking out the fly rod is to carry a small float (trout magnet one works well) and a couple of nymphs. Basically can get away with a handful (hares ear, prince, pheasant tail, cooper John in a few different colors) I would cut a piece of 12" leader, tie on a weighted one with a bead head the tie the leader to the shank of the hook and tie on an unweighted nymph so they end up about 8-10" apart. Usually went with a flashy one for the bead head and a more natural one for the unweighted one to cover both basis then it was just adjusting the float up and down to get the right depth. Caught hundreds of trout this way but even more on the lures you mentioned already. Takes time on the water but you will learn your own tricks of the trade