[Capt. Lou]

Spin much more effective for trout in NJ streams ! 95 % of NJ trout are stocked they are more apt not rely on bugs for their major food .
They may not be in a given river long enough to develop those skills . However they can and do overtime , especially if good hatches are present .
I’ve witnessed stocked cos taking bugs after a few days in a stream !
The cavieat is the big girls . They prefer a meal and probably shift over to minnows overtime .
A fly guy and I’m one of them finds it tougher to cover water as effectively to take consistently and seldom have the ability to excite a fish into the strike .
While if you work lures and bait properly you can elicit reactionary strikes !
Also the fly guy usually works less water on a given day than a good lure fishermen!
Most trout fishermen fish over the fish with spin gear but the guy who knows how to read and present lure properly will out fish a fly guy alm the time !
I’ve caught numerous big trout in water that very difficult to cover with a fly .
When you understand how to catch big trout with spin gear the average fly angler cannot compete .
I’ve taken numerous big fish in NJ hardest pressed waters up to 10#’s would have never done it with a fly rod !