France is full of magnificent rivers suitable for trout fishing, leading us to travel all over the country in wonderful landscapes. This fishing requires the most suitable fishing equipment, like all species. If you neglect the equipment, you will unfortunately achieve little success and therefore no satisfaction, which may discourage you.
To fish this fish, you will need a rod to fish (or cannes drop shot), a reel, natural or artificial bait, and rigging accessories, such as a hook adapted to this species.
You will also need to select the technique you want to practice and in what condition, will the flow of river water be substantial? Will you fish in a reservoir or natural area? Will your practice be only on the surface or at the bottom? All of these points will lead you to select a different lure, a setup, and a line to be ready for the opening.
Natural baits
If you don't have lures, it's possible to fish for trout using natural baits that simply represent its daily food (worm, etc.). This technique is called bottom fishing and will be particularly effective at the beginning of the season.
You will just need to present the bait using the currents. Although this is more effective at the beginning of the season, you can of course practice it all year round thanks to suitable weight and good hooks.
Worms, larvae, moth larvae, and leeches
Very useful during rainy days, at this time they are most consumed by farios and rainbow trout. The worms, larvae, and teigne move more frequently on these days and often fall into the water, the fish are then more willing to feed on such baits.
Larvae are also an excellent choice, you can select ephemeral ones which are most of the time under the rocks, the moth larvae raised on farms are also very popular with trouts and will contribute excellent performance in all conditions.
Leeches are also a good alternative to worms that will allow you to test new approaches, trouts will be extremely fond of their vibrations.
These baits are the basic food for trouts and are therefore a safe option that you can always take with you.
Hand-made baits
Corn is a very good food, especially for brown trouts, which most of the time come from a fish farm. This cheap and super-effective bait will allow you to reproduce the sound of pellets that were falling into the water during their stay in the fish farm. Trouts have a reflex that naturally makes them rise to feed.
You can also prepare your dough balls, made of flour, cornmeal, and water. These pasta balls are incredibly effective. There are also ready-made solutions prepared ahead.
Artificial baits
Trout fishing with lures has over the years become a staple, taking advantage of increasingly advanced technologies developed by brands, you can fish trout with great efficiency and have a lot of fun.
Accessible to both beginners and experienced fishers, you can count on a wide variety of materials that will allow you to test different techniques.
Wobbling and spinning spoons
Trouts are a fish species with a highly developed hunting instinct, our selection is then based on lures giving off big flashes or lots of vibrations that will awaken the desire and trigger attacks.
Wobbling and spinning spoons are a perfect choice thanks to their palette that has been working miracles for generations. Simple and effective for not too fished spots.
You can turn to brands like:
- Smith with spinning spoon AR-S
- Mepps with the Aglia spoons
- Sico Lure with the
Soft lures
%20(1).jpeg)
Soft lures are a very good alternative for fishing very popular rivers, where trouts are relentlessly fished. It will create fewer vibrations, but makes up for it with its natural swim which will deceive more than one specimen.
Fish during their feeding phase will be particularly attracted to this kind of lure.
You could then turn to:
- The Slick Shad 7cm by Fox Rage
- The Toupti Shad 3cm by Delalande
- The Slick Flanker 6cm by Berkley
Swimbaits
Finally, swimbaits are rounding off our selection. You will find excellent lures that will vibrate and emit specific noises that will drive the species crazy.
Many fishers recommend Ayu, trout, and orange colors, but feel free to do your tests depending on conditions.
Many brands have entered this segment, we recommend for you:
- The D-Contact 5cm by Smith
- The Hornet Sinking by Salmo
- The Countdown Elite CDE 5.5cm by Rapala
You now know a little more about the baits available for trout fishing in the river, all that's left is to finish equipping you and go fishing!
You might like to read: