Explosive Rainbow Trout Fishing

Rainbow trout fishing today is every man’s sport; it is available to many anglers around the world.

Rainbows have been introduced in temperate waters worldwide.

Distribution

The rainbow trout, a member of the Salmonidae family of salmon is one of the most globally distributed freshwater fish from its original range of the western North America. Now you can fish for rainbow trout in South America, Europe, Russia, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Africa and southern Asia.

Appearance

The body-shape of a rainbow is typically elongated and streamlined Salmonid form. It has a wide range of color variations, and this is largely due to the interbreeding with other species and subspecies of trout. But the most common color is blue-green on the back, with a bright pinkish stripe along each side of the lateral line, and silvery white on the lower sides. Some species have black spots all over the head, body, fins and tail, while some may show fewer spots or none at all.

Size and Lifespan

Generally, fish caught from small bodies of water are small, averaging 2 – 4 lbs, while fish caught from larger bodies of water may weight over 10 lbs. Those adults that migrate to the oceans and swimming back to spawn in freshwater called steelheads can grow to monstrous size well over 50 lbs and length of a meter long. Their average lifespan in the wild is 4 -6 years but they can live to well over 10 years.

Habitat

Rainbows prefer cool-clear living conditions in streams, rivers and lakes with water temperatures ranging from 55 degrees – 65 degrees F but can tolerate water temperature slightly well over 70 degrees F. They are hardy and able to cope with poor-quality water and higher temperature very well. Usually they can be found in deep pools with moderately flowing waters and heavily overgrown covers.

Diet

They live on insects, snails, leeches, worms, crustaceans and small baitfish.

Angling

Rainbow trout are hard fighters, especially those from the wild. When hooked sizzling runs and spectaculars leaps are common. They take lures such as spinners, spinnerbaits, spoons, crankbaits, flies as well as baits. And fly-fishers usually hold the upper edge over the others. Angling methods used for rainbow trout fishing are alike to fishing for other trout species. The only different is whether you are fishing on a lake, river or stream.

Many trout anglers consider it unsporting to catch trout with baits. Fly fishing is regarded as the most sporting and satisfying technique for rainbow trout fishing. But who cares anyway how and what you use to catch that beautiful rainbow, as long as it is in your bag! And that is the final moment of joy and glory.

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