Stay as discreet as possible
Trout are wary fish, whether large or small, and they become even more so when many anglers target them. A fish frightened by an angler may hide for several hours and not return to activity. You must therefore make sure to reach your casting areas without making noise or sudden movements. The vision of the trout is very developed to see fast movements, but not very slow ones. In clear water, the approach must be very slow.
Also, be careful not to move rocks or pebbles as you approach the water's edge. The sound of a pebble hitting another travels very quickly through the water and educated fish associate this noise with danger. Dressing in colors that blend in with the environment is essential, dark colors for daybreak and light colors for bright light.
Fishing when it's dark
If you want to lure a very educated fish, without spending long minutes crawling to approach a spot, sunrise and sunset are the best times. The very low light level prevents the fish from seeing you, so all you have to do is not make any noise. The morning is more interesting than the evening, if you arrive on the spot at the legal fishing time, no fisherman will have passed before you by scaring the fish. The fish won't be able to tell your lure from a real fish and your line will go unnoticed.
Generally, we find the highly educated fish in very little water in the morning, waiting for a minnow or other small fish to come downstream. The big trout then settle on riffles, upstream of a deep hole, which serves as their shelter for the day, before going down at sunrise.
Lures to choose
Large educated fish have been fished for many years with all types of lures, baits and flies. To succeed in triggering attacks, the best way is to create excitement in the fish so that it seeks to defend its territory. The type of vibration is very important and makes it easier to trigger a reaction. To do this, lures with a high frequency of vibration such as sinking minnows and large water movements caused by large soft lures are very effective.
Hard lures are more commonly used in shallow water because they are less likely to get stuck between rocks than soft lures. However, soft lures are very effective for very deep spots that need to hit the bottom quickly.
