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How to set up a lightweight fishing rod best for catching speckled trout
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Do you have the right gear? Using lightweight fishing gear takes some getting used to, as a bite from a one-pound speckled trout will feel like a five-pound laker in the early spring weather, when they are full of fight. One of the most important aspects to look into when buying lightweight fishing gear is that the rod and reel are balanced, and made by the same manufacturer. Use a strong, braided fishing line, of no more than four-pound test line, small barbless hooks. lightweight lures and weights, as well as small bait offerings. Set up your lightweight rod and reel. Do not put your lightweight rod together, use only the bottom part of the rod, the handle that has the reel on it. Open the bail on the reel, and remove any remaining line, if any. Save to recycle at your local bait shop. Feed the new lightweight line through the eyelets of your reel, starting from the tip, or the smallest eyelet, to the bottom most eyelet, or the largest. Pull at least 6 to 8 feet of line extra through the rod. Tie the end of the line around the spool, and then wrap the line around the spool at least 8 to 10 times. Slowly tighten the wrapped line, until the line on the spool is fairly tight. Start reeling in the new line, the bail will close automatically when you start reeling in, until the line reaches the full line etched into the inside of the spool. Cut the line about 8 feet from the tip of the line. Put your rod together, and feed the line through the eyelets of the top portion. Tie on a ball bearing swivel to the outside end of the line, and take your rod apart. Place the smaller part of your rod upside down, and set against the bigger portion, using elastics to tie them together. Attach the swivel to the line holding loop at the bottom of the end of the fishing rod, and reel in any loose line until the line is tight.
Get ready for action. When you arrive at your speckled trout creek (most speckles are caught in either stocked lakes, or clean creeks and streams), simply remove the swivel from the loop, loosen the drag to the least amount, and remove the elastics holding the rod together. Put your rod back together, and attach a lure, or leader line, hook and bait, with weights at least 3 to 10 feet from the bait. This depends upon how deep and fast the water is, as well as how low to the bottom you want your bait to be, which, for speckles, is almost on the bottom, but not quite. Fish on! Set up bait. When fishing for speckled trout, the bait must be fresh and small. Smaller speckled trout, in the one-half to two-pound weight size, have rather small mouths, and large worms will not catch them. Large worms may get nibbles from smaller speckles, but no strikes. Use smaller worms, or pieces of worms, as long as they are active (very wiggly).
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Things Needed Lightweight rod and reel combination. One to four pound test line, preferably.two pound. Small barbless hooks. Small split weights. Small ball bearing swivel. Tips & Warnings  Do not use stiff or over-weight line. Use line suited for reel and rod (stated on rod). Always keep new line tight when reeling it on. Id there is any rust or broken parts, clean and/or replace before loading new line. Use only barbless hooks.
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