Beads are a popular bait for trout. We're on the Niagara River and it's cold. Water temp is 46F. We're going to drift the ...

To create this trout fishing rig, start by cutting off approximately 18 inches of your monofilament main line. Next, reconnect the cut piece to the main line with a Blood knot.

Hello folks, this week we're coming at you from the middle of January, where we are fishing the icy winter waters looking to ...

A trout holding a foot down won’t see your dry fly until it’s 12 inches away. Drop the fly at the upstream edge of this window, laying your line directly atop any intervening vegetation.

But when it’s not eminently clear what the trout are up to, a dry dropper rig can be your best friend. You might not need it every day, but it’s a great tool to have in your arsenal. Read Next: ...

Cast upstream and drift to straight downstream over bottom weeds and rocks. Expert angler Billy Zeller, takes big, cruising carp in Loch Raven fishing flies on drop shot rigs.

ABOVE: Jared Kelly guides his drift boat while Ryan Kemmerick casts for trout on the Root River. BELOW: Kemmerick holds a nice brown trout he caught on a hopper pattern while fishing from a drift ...

As always, fish within 3 to 5 feet of the bottom and keep your speed from 1.1 to 1.4 mph. Jeff’s drift rig in green has worked quite well off the downriggers in both locations.

Worden Lures venerable T4 Purple Glow Flatfish has been productive as well as Jeff’s Drift Rigs made from Mack’s Lures Smile Blades and tapered beads. Speeds of 1 to 1.2 mph worked best.

Drift rigs baited with pikeminnow have been producing strikes. Mineral: Butch Carvahalo of Des Moines won the opening weekend derby with a trout weighing 9 pounds, 2 ounces.