I've never tied anything but crappie jigs. I am going to Gatlinburg in August and plan to fish for trout in some of the streams around the park. Does anyone have any suggestions as to patterns and colors for jigs that will catch trout?
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I've never tied anything but crappie jigs. I am going to Gatlinburg in August and plan to fish for trout in some of the streams around the park. Does anyone have any suggestions as to patterns and colors for jigs that will catch trout?
A good Wooly Bugger or a Wooly Worm should catch you all the trout you need.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpeckWick
Look up green weenie fly on google or yahoo and tie it on a 1/32 or 1/64 jighead. Also, I have some freinds that use trout magnet jigs in streams, and just slay the trout. This is a soft plastic bodied jig on a 1/64 shad dart jighead, bought at wally world. They have a site explaining how to fish it. I have done real well with the mealworm color on crappie, and rootbeer or orange for bream. Seems my buddies talked of using white on the trout. I know this is not a tied jig, but you need to have it in your arsenal. I also rubbed smelly jelly anise/crawfish scent on them. those are my two choices, and I generally use these under a very small float with a peice of lead in the bottom of it. The float will bareley support the jig, and alot of times you'll just see the float bareley set down in the water and that is a fish alot of times. kip
Trout are like crappie...they'll hit many kinds of jigs. On small Southern streams I wouldn't go fishing without some 1/200 to 1/16 oz. marabous in dull colors. On my last trout trip I got a medium-size brown trout of 21" on an ugly-lookin' all-gray marabou crappie jig. But overall other colors like olive or dark brown, maybe with a red neck, often catch more trout, including rainbows and browns. If the stream is clear, the tiniest jigs are best. If the water is muddy from rain, I'd want to throw some gaudy stuff, such as bright white, pink or yellow straight-tail tube jigs.
Thanks for the ideas. I have a lot of olive and brown marabou and hair that I really don't use much for crappie. I'll try some of that for trout. Hey Pomoxist, I have a lot of the Southern Pro crappie stingers, is that the sort of straight tail tube you are talking about? I plan on fishing the jigs under a 3/4" jig float I use for crappie a lot in the winter. My wife will be fishing with me, so some sort of strike indicator will be a bonus....For me that is, so she doesn't totally skunk me.LOL
SpeckWick...yes, the Stingers have the profile I really like. Good luck on your trip.
Don't know if you have gone yet, but I fish there every year and the Adams fly is the best that I have tried. Any Mayfly pattern should do well also.