by Uncle Wes, April 10, 2007

Make your own worm-troll’s

In the upcoming weeks we will discuss making your own set-ups, practical exercise’s for beginners, and different lakes that I will be working the methods and lures or fly’s that are hot on any particular lake. With trout season approaching rapidly (April 28th) this week we will discuss making your own worm trolls.

As always I will suggest that you purchase a knot-tying book or check one out at your local library if you are not familiar with the different knots that I will be discussing. Here is the material list you will need to create your own worm-troll it is also my favorite and most successful color combination.

10-pound test leader, a size #4 bait hook, #4 and #6 lime green beads, #5 gold plated beads, folded clevises, and a size #5 or #4 black-nickel plated French spinning blades. Measure out approximately 42-inches of leader attach your bait hook using a snell knot, next slide your two #4 beads down to your hook followed by two #6 beads. Then add your #5 gold plated bead followed by two more #6 beads and two more #4 beads. Next take your folded clevis and add your spinning blade to it then thread your leader through the clevis sliding them to meet your beads, now take your leader measure out 36-inches and tie a surgeons end-loop knot at the loose end of your leader.

If you would like to add a little extra attractant try adding some lime green tape to the concave side of your blade either in strip or 1/4 –inch dots. Other popular color combinations, which work at different times of the year, include red beads with a silver center bead and a silver blade or the same thing with lime green beads instead. Another favorite color combination of mine is black beads with a gold center bead and a gold plated blade.

For those of you that are angling in barb-less bait less lakes just pinch back the barbs and add some colored yarn just above the hook before your first bead this is a very effective set-up and you really don’t have to change your method of working these particular lakes. I will recommend that you get a copy of the WDFW regulations, which are available where you purchase your licenses. Next week we will discuss different set-ups to work these lures effectively and hopefully improve your catch rate as the season wear’s on and the trout stop jumping into your boat and become a little more wary and have adapted to the natural feed in the lake.

So until next time may the fish at the end of your line be the one of your dreams.