rooster tails for trout fishing?

Question

do rooster tails work good for trout fishing in a stream or creek? How do you fish them? Do you have to put a worm on them at all?

Thanks for any help

Answer 1

Rooster tails are spinners -- you pull them through the water and the blade spins around the shaft. In a stream, cast them upstream into the base of a riffle and wind them into the calmer water, winding just fast enough to make the blade spin. Work them near rocks or anywhere the fish might be.

They'll also work in lakes if you can cast them far enough out. If you're not bit near the surface, let the lure sink, say 10 seconds for a few casts, then 20 seconds, and so on, until you find the depth the fish are at. Sinking a lure in a stream isn't needed because the water's seldom more than a couple feet deep, but in lakes I've caught trout after 40 second sinks with heavier lures.

I don't hang any bait on the hooks of lures, as this will tend to mess up the action. Lures attract fish through their action, rather than their smell or taste, so the bait isn't needed.

Answer 2

Rooster tails will work well for trout where the water has slowed and pooled. Also be careful of the laws of where you live. Most rooster tails have a treble (3 hooks) and some state laws require that only one hook is used and depending on the time of year and the stream you are fishing. The hook may have to be barbless. Just reel them in steady at a moderate speed and make sure the blade is spinning. Nothing else is required. I've had my best luck using rooster tails that are silver or yellow in color and 1/8-1/4 ounce in size.

Answer 3

Rooster Tails

Answer 4

Rooster tails work well in streams because they're similar to fly fishing. However, brook and rainbow trout are both generally top feeders, so you have to be sure not to let the lure sink too far.

Because they have spinners, any extra bait is not needed.

Rooster tails, I've found, work especially well for artificial bait on large mouth bass.

Answer 5

They work, very well, the trick is to use the current instead of fighting it. Some people think a piece of meat adds something, I personally don't think it matters. Either they are hitting, or they aren't, and the added chunk of worm won't make a very big difference. If the fish are off the bite, I have seen them ignore live nightcrawlers inches from there noses, and on the other end of the scale, I've caught fish with rose petals threaded on a bare hook and seen floating twigs get repeatedly hit when they were active.

Answer 6

the first of march i caught 10 trout using rooster tails, it took onley 45 min. They are the best thing ive used besides fly fishing.

Answer 7

i dont like rooster tails because you cant cast them very far you are better off buying a couple acme kastmasters (gold ,silver, rainbow trout) work the best and you can cast them well.

Answer 8

They work OK but I prefer a Panther Martin they spin better,
Cast upstream and retrive them back Keep a tight line

Answer 9

i have used them and they work but i like a blue fox better get a black one and scarpe a few lines on the blade with your knife to let the brass show good luck

Answer 10

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