Trout lures
 

I've been getting more into fishing without bait lately... what's your favourite lure for rainbows? To make it a bit more fun, pick only one.

I'm partial to a black fury myself

If I had to pick just one, I'd pick an F5 Rapala in the rainbow trout pattern.

Other favourites include:

- Rapala Countdowns in CD5-7

- Len Thompsons

- Mepps spinners

- Mepps Syclops

- Small lipless cranks

- Flatfish

Silver Panther Martin is my favorite. Been using them for the last 40 years.

Various kinds of Mepps spinners or

Deadly Dicks.

for a lure I like the orange / white small size of Len Thompson spoon. I like the mepps and panther martin spinners too.

For trout, flies are hard to beat and you can easily fish with flies on a spinning rod if you want to add an adjust-a-bubble type of float for weight while casting. Pick up one of those and some of the basic trout flies to add to your tackle box for a bit more options. Basic nymphs would be pheasant tail nymphs, prince nymph, or a gold ribbed hare's ear. For dries pick up a few adams, elk hair caddis, and stimulators.

Edit: if I could only choose one, it would be a black wooly bugger / leach type of fly

never tried one of those, they look interesting

rooster tail

hard to beat black and yellow panther martin on most small creeks

Blue fox spinner in pink size 0 or 1.

They are "deadly". The action is like a spoon, side to side wobble. They are a fav in the west arm of Kootenay lake for rainbows and kokanee.

F5 Rapala in the rainbow trout pattern or brown trout pattern.....

castmaster there is not a fish it could not catch

If I could only have 1 hook it would be a Len Tompson 5 of diamonds,it catches everything most of the time.

Kamlooper

Panther Martins.....consistently good