10-25-2004, 11:43 PM
In my experience trout, (and any fish, including the largemouths which actually fairly line shy around here) are very line shy. You don't want to use too light of line though, ever, or you will fight a high percentage of these fish to metabolic acidosis because of fighting them so long. Flyfishing elitists on the fryingpan and roaring fork rivers are especially guilty of this, as I have seen many trout die do to what seemed like nothing, but on further analysis was metabolic acidosis. Trout won't mind any line from the 2-8 lb range, however. (4 lb. test is optimal in crystal clear with 6 optimal in anything but the most clear.)
But then again, trout can not be line shy at times. In my experience big trout, especially browns, are the most flagrantly aggressive fish.
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But then again, trout can not be line shy at times. In my experience big trout, especially browns, are the most flagrantly aggressive fish.
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