Over a dozen trout streams were less than 20 minutes from my New England home, all of which contained a variety of both wild and stocked rainbows, brookies, and browns. My buddies and I fished the ...

Retrieving a spoon, spinner, or small jerkbait upstream through a juicy pool or run often triggers huge strikes from big trout. The tactic works especially well in higher, off-color water.

Today’s trout fisher has a wide range of store-bought trout bait—along with trout lures and trout spinning reels—to choose from, and there’s reason to be confident of catching with all of ...